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Former England winger Christian Wade announced his retirement from rugby union at the age of 27 on this day in 2018 as he looked to launch an American NFL football career NFL
Wade, the fourth highest tryscorer in English club rugby on 82, was granted early release from his Wasps contract after nine years at the club to join NFL team the Buffalo Bills NFL
In doing so he halved his salary from the £250,000 a year he was earning in the Gallagher Premiership NFL
The move never took off on the field either as he failed to make the Bills’ roster NFL
Slough-born Wade, who won his only England cap in 2013 against Argentina, described the decision to leave rugby as the hardest in his life NFL
He said: “After playing nine years of professional sport for Wasps, I’ve decided to leave for personal reasons NFL
“I would like to thank Wasps chairman Derek Richardson and Dai (Young, director of rugby) for their support, consideration and understanding in what is the most difficult decision of my life NFL
“Rugby has privileged and honoured me with so many wonderful memories that will stay with me for the rest of my life NFL
”Wasps were third in the Gallagher Premiership and bottom of their Heineken Champions Cup group when Wade, who as well as winning one England cap also represented the 2013 British and Irish Lions on their tour of Australia, announced he was leaving NFL
“It’s very disappointing to lose a player of Wadey’s quality at this stage of the season,” Young said NFL
“The club held numerous discussions with him to try and convince him to keep pushing forward with Wasps but in the end it was clear this is the path he wished to go down NFL
The club nevertheless wants to wish him all the best with his future career path NFL
”Using the NFL’s international player pathway program to facilitate the switch, Wade made waves by scoring a 65-yard touchdown as a running back in pre-season, but a regular season game eluded him NFL
The experiment lasted three years and in September 2022 he returned to rugby after agreeing a deal to join French side Racing 92 NFL
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England coach Steve Borthwick is adamant his side will use the pain of their narrow Rugby World Cup semi-final defeat to South Africa to “grow into something brilliant” moving forward NFL
Heading into the clash as heavy underdogs, England executed their kick-heavy gameplan to perfection and impressed at the set-piece to stunningly lead the Springboks at half-time NFL
However, South Africa’s much-vaunted ‘bomb squad’ came off the bench, started to dominate the scrum and the kicking of Handre Pollard led them to a gutsy 16-15 win NFL
Borthwick’s troops far outperformed expectations in the semi-final and although he was devastated to come up just short on the big stage, the coach is convinced the experience will stand his young squad in great stead for the future NFL
“The whole team performance was strong,” said Borthwick in his post-match press conference NFL
“We’re disappointed NFL
We came here with a plan to win the game but fell short NFL
Not far but a little bit short and we’re desperately disappointed NFL
“But the players should be incredibly proud NFL
We had seven players 25 or under in our squad, which was the most of any semi-finalist NFL
South Africa had one NFL
“We have a great blend in the squad and there’s lots to take going forward NFL
We put ourselves in a position to win a semi-final against the reigning world champs and world No 1 NFL
“In adversity, there is normally a seed in there that will grow into something brilliant NFL
It’s too early to find that seed now but we’ll make sure we find it NFL
We’ll take what we’ve gone through tonight, grab it and make sure it makes us stronger in the future NFL
”England were narrowly defeated in Paris (Getty Images)Lock George Martin was a surprise selection ahead of Ollie Chessum but he shone in just his fourth Test start, with his maul defence a particular highlight NFL
And Borthwick is convinced Martin has a bright future, while also highlighting the superior cohesion that the Springboks have after a longer period together as a coaching staff NFL
“I thought he [Martin] played really well,” added Borthwick NFL
“There were a good number of outstanding performances out there NFL
George is another young player, only 22 NFL
I would hope to see him in England shirt for many years to come NFL
“We were playing against a team with coaches together since 2018 NFL
It was an incredible achievement for them to win in 2019 and they have had four years of continued development NFL
“They’re consistent whereas we’ve had four months with this coaching team NFL
I’ve asked the players to approach training and the game in a different way; for the players to be willing to change is all credit to them NFL
Tonight was another example of that NFL
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