Marland Yarde

Marland Yarde
Yarde playing for London Irish in 2014
Date of birth (1992-04-20) 20 April 1992
Place of birth Castries, Saint Lucia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
School Gunnersbury Boys' School
Whitgift School
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Wing
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2010–2014
2010–2011
2014–		 London Irish
→ London Welsh
Harlequins		 47
6
24		 (100)
(15)
(45)
correct as of 25 April 2015.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)


2011–2012
2013–		 England U16
England U18
England U20
England

15
7

(45)
(20)
correct as of 09:40, 22 June 2014 (UTC).

Marland Yarde (born 20 April 1992) is a Saint Lucian-born English rugby union wing who plays for Harlequins. He has previously spent time on loan at London Welsh. At international level Yarde represents England.

Early life

Born in Castries, Saint Lucia,[1] Yarde moved to England as a nine-year-old. He came through the England age-group teams after taking up rugby at 14 having originally played football with the Queens Park Rangers Academy. He then earned a scholarship to Whitgift School in South Croydon.[2]

Club career

Marland returned to London Irish from London Welsh ready for the 2010 season. In his debut season, Marland made one appearance for Irish, against Sale Sharks, He started at wing and in his debut match he scored a try. This wasn't enough to force his way through to the main team. The following season was an improvement, where he appeared for Irish a further 9 times, but his only tries came in the 52-point demolition of Gloucester, when he came on as a replacement to score two tries. In the 2012/2013 season he appeared 23 times for Irish, scoring 7 tries, including a hat-trick against Worcester Warriors.

In January 2014 he signed a two-year contract to join Harlequins for the 2014–15 season.[3] He finished his spell at Irish on a high note, scoring 20 points in his final two games including a hat trick against Gloucester Rugby.[4][5]

International career

Yarde won his first England cap on 15 June 2013, against Argentina in the second Test of their summer tour. Named in the starting XV, he scored two tries in their record 51–26 victory.[6][7] He retained his place for the first Autumn International of 2013 against Australia which England won 20–13,[8][9] though he missed the two other games against Argentina and New Zealand through injury.[10]

A torn hip tendon sustained in London Irish's game against Leicester Tigers meant that he played no part in the 2014 Six Nations,[10] though he did return to the training squad for the last two games against Wales and Italy.[11][12] He was selected for the 2014 summer tour to New Zealand and started in all three tests,[13][14] scoring two tries.[15][16]

International tries

Marland Yarde running with the ball for England
Yarde playing for England against the Barbarians in 2013.
TryOpponentLocationVenueCompetitionDateResultScore
†BarbariansLondon, EnglandTwickenhamSummer International26 May 2013Win40–12[17]
1 ArgentinaBuenos Aires, ArgentinaVélez SársfieldSummer International 15 June 2013Win26–51[6]
2 ArgentinaBuenos Aires, ArgentinaVélez SársfieldSummer International15 June 2013Win26–51[6]
3 New ZealandDunedin, New ZealandForsyth Barr StadiumTour of New Zealand14 June 2014Loss28–27[15]
4 New ZealandHamilton, New ZealandWaikato StadiumTour of New Zealand21 June 2014Loss36–13[16]

† Full international cap not awarded for Barbarians Test match.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Marland Yarde". Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Wildman, Rob (13 June 2013). "Yarde to earn first cap for England's youthful backline, and he certainly won't be waiting for the ball to come to him". Daily Mail. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Marland Yarde: Harlequins to sign London Irish & England winger". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Gloucester Rugby 38–30 London Irish". London Irish. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Marland Yarde". London Irish. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 Standley, James (15 June 2013). "Argentina 26–51 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Yarde bags debut brace". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  8. ↑ Low, Jonathan (31 October 2013). "London Irish wing Marland Yarde named in England team to face Australia". Reading Post. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Fordyce, Tom (2 November 2013). "England 20–13 Australia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  10. 1 2 "England's Marland Yarde could miss entire Six Nations after hip injury". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Manu Tuilagi and Marland Yarde recalled by England". Sky Sports. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Manu Tuilagi recalled to England's matchday squad for Italy game". Sky Sports. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "Lancaster names initial 30-man NZ tour squad". Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  14. ↑ "Marland Yarde". It's Rugby. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  15. 1 2 Dirs, Ben (14 June 2014). "New Zealand beat England 28–27 in second Test to seal series win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  16. 1 2 Dirs, Ben (21 June 2014). "New Zealand beat England 36–13 to complete series whitewash". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  17. 1 2 "England 40–12 Barbarians: Freddie Burns shines in win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

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