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| Birth name | Henry James Harvey Slade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 March 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Plymouth, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb; 212 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Plymouth College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Exeter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Professional rugby union player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henry James Harvey Slade (born 19 March 1993) is an English rugby union player, who plays for the England rugby team.
Slade attended Plymouth College and then University of Exeter reading for a BSc in Sports & Exercise Science. [1] [2] While at Plymouth College, Slade was part of the 1st XV that enjoyed numerous battles with Devon rivals Exeter School - notably a hard fought 19-12 defeat in Exeter in a game which doubled as a Daily Mail Cup fixture and Devon Cup final. Slade scored all his side's points in this fixture, kicking four penalties. [3]
Slade plays for Exeter Chiefs in the English Premiership. He was dual-registered to Exeter Chiefs and Plymouth Albion in the 2011/2012 season. He has also represented England at U18 and U20 level, Henry made his debut in for the Under 18s on 22 July 2010. [4] England Academy coach John Fletcher once said of Slade "the way he plays reminds me of a young Toby Flood or Rory Clegg." [5]
Slade made his Premiership debut against London Irish on 13 April 2013 coming off the bench to replace Gareth Steenson, Slade scored his first premiership points in this game kicking over a conversion following a try from Dave Ewers. [6] He was a replacement as Exeter Chiefs defeated Wasps to be crowned champions of the 2016-17 English Premiership. [7]
Slade made his debut for England in a match against the Barbarians on 1 June 2014, kicking 15 points and putting in an impressive performance though it was an uncapped game. Slade won his first cap for England on 15 August 2015 at Twickenham against France in a World Cup warm up match. He started at outside centre partnering Sam Burgess in the midfield. It was a game England won 19-14. [8] Slade was then named in Stuart Lancaster's 31 man squad for the world cup. Slade then won his second England cap again at outside centre against Uruguay in the pool game, scoring a try.
Slade suffered a nasty broken leg [9] for Exeter Chiefs in the 2015/16 season ruling him out for the six nations under new coach Eddie Jones. Despite this Slade recovered from his injury to earn a further 2 caps from the bench against Fiji and Argentina in the 2016 autumn internationals as well as a bench appearance vs Italy in the six nations. In 2017 Slade started both tests against Argentina on the summer tour in the absence of Lions Ben Teo, Owen Farrell and Jonathan Joseph.
He also started his 5th game and 3rd against Argentina in the 2017 autumn internationals in the inside centre position. He then featured from the bench against Australia, and started against Samoa.
In early 2018 he was named in Eddie Jones' Six Nations squad for 2018.
Slade was selected for England's 2018 Quilter Autumn International Series, and played in all four Test matches. [10]
| Nation | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Points Scored | WIN % |
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| Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100 |
| France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100 |
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| South Africa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 100 |
| Try | Opposing team | Location | Venue | Competition | Date | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Manchester, England | City of Manchester Stadium | 2015 Rugby World Cup | 10 October 2015 | Win | 60 – 3 |
| 2 |  | London, England | Twickenham Stadium | 2017 Autumn Internationals | 15 November 2017 | Win | 48 – 14 |
| 3 |  | Dublin, Ireland | Aviva Stadium | 2019 Six Nations | 2 February 2019 | Win | 32 – 20 |
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| 5 |  | London, England | Twickenham Stadium | 2019 Six Nations | 10 February 2019 | Win | 44 – 8 |
Slade has Type 1 diabetes, [12] and often injects insulin at half-time in a game. [13]
Slade is the great nephew of former Portsmouth F.C. footballer Geoff Williamson. [5]
In March 2020, Slade and his partner announced that they were expecting their first child.
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