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| Full name | Cassius Cleaves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 March 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Wimbledon College; Wellington College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cassius Cleaves (born 15 March 2003) is an English rugby union player who plays as a winger for Harlequins and the England U20's.
From Wandsworth, Cleaves was named after Muhammad Ali. He began playing rugby union at eleven years-old whilst attending Wimbledon College. By twelve years-old he was playing age group rugby with Harlequins and for Old Wimbledonian Warriors. He spearheaded Wimbledon College's National Schools Sevens 2016 tournament Under-13s Juniors Championship win on his 13th birthday; [1] and a year later, their Under-14s Championship win. [2] He attended Wellington College, Berkshire for the latter part of his schooling. [3]
Cleaves made a try-scoring debut for Harlequins RFC in March 2022 against Sale Sharks in the Premiership Rugby Cup. [4] A try he scored the following season, in the same competition, against London Irish, [5] was reported as going viral due to Cleaves' display of pace and footwork after collection the ball in his own half. [6]
Cleaves made his debut for the England U-20 team in the 2023 Six Nations Under 20s Championship against Wales U20. [7] His performance against Wales was described as “particularly eye-catching”. [8]
He featured for England U-20s at the 2023 World Rugby U20 Championship in June and July 2023, scoring tries against Fiji U20, [9] Australia U20, [10] and in the semi-final against France U20. [11] [12]
Cleaves has been described as having a "stunning sidestep and blistering pace". [13] [14] [15]
Through his mother, Cleaves is of Ghanaian heritage. [16]
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