Alex Wills

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Alex Wills
Date of birth (2004-02-11) 11 February 2004 (age 20) [1]
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Weight99 kg (218 lb; 15 st 8 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Current team Sale Sharks
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022 Worcester Warriors ()
2022- Sale Sharks ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022–2023 England under-19
2023–2024 England under-20

Alex Wills (born 11 February 2004) is an English rugby union player who plays as a winger for Sale Sharks.

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Early life

He played junior rugby for Worcester and attended Hartpury College. [3] [4]

Club career

He made a single Premiership Rugby Cup appearance for Worcester Warriors, scoring a try in a defeat to Gloucester Rugby in September 2022, prior to the club going out of business. [4] [5] In the December of thar yeat he signed a contract with Sale Sharks until the end of the 2025-26 season. [6]

He made his Rugby Premiership debut for Sale Sharks during the 2023-24 season against Gloucester. In January 2024 he made his first start in the Rugby Champions Cup against Stormers. [7]

International career

He was capped by England at U19 level, and made his debut for the England national under-20 rugby union team against Georgia U20 in 2023. [8] [4] He played for the England U20 side which won the 2024 Six Nations Under 20s Championship and the 2024 World Rugby U20 Championship. [9] [10]

Honours

England U20

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References

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