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Harry Ellis England Profile


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Updated November 27, 2008

HARRY ELLIS

Club: Leicester Tigers
Position: Scrum half
Born: 17.05.82 | Wigston
Height: 1.78m (5’10”)
Weight: 91kgs (14st 5lb)
Representative Honours: England Under 16s, 18s, 19s, 21s, Sevens, A
Caps: 21
Points: 15 – 3T
International Record: 2004 SA(R), A(R), 2005 W(R), F, I, It, S, Sam, 2006 W, It, S, F(R), I, 2007 S, It I, F, W, 2008 PI(R), A(R), SA(R)

Harry Ellis is back in the England squad after being absent for 10 months following knee ligament surgery that ruled him out of the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

Now at full fitness after returning to action with Leicester Tigers in March, Harry is looking to recapture the form that made him England’s first choice for the RBS 6 Nations between 2005 and 2007.

Harry made his debut as a replacement for Andy Gomarsall in the Investec Challenge matches against South Africa and Australia in 2004 and played the following season’s RBS 6 Nations campaign.

He began playing rugby as a six-year-old with South Leicester, then moved to Wigston for a year before joining the Tigers Academy set-up in 1997. He studied at Leicester Grammar School and De Montfort University and appeared for Leicestershire and the Midlands at age-group level before going on to earn a full house of England representative honours.

Now entering his eighth season with the Tigers, he made his first team debut in 2001 and was named Players’ Young Player of the Year for the 2001-2 season. He finally established himself as a regular in the No. 9 spot during the 2003-04 campaign.

Did You Know?
Harry is one of three rugby playing brothers whose father, Bob Ellis, was a former Tigers back row player. In fact Harry is the odd one out in the family as both eldest brother Mark and Robert were also forwards.

Harry says he gets a great kick pulling on the Tigers shirt every time they play. A self confessed sports fiend, he likes watching all manner of sports including boxing and cricket and used to be a talented club freestyle swimmer.

Harry is into extreme sports too, admitting he would love to go skidiving and bungee jumping and enjoys go-karting.