Harry Wells (rugby union)

Harry Wells
Birth name Harry Ronald Wells
Date of birth (1993-09-29) 29 September 1993
Place of birth Peterborough, England
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight 121 kg (19 st 1 lb)
School The King's (The Cathedral) School, Peterborough
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock / Flanker
Current team Leicester Tigers
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012–
2013
2013–16		 Leicester Tigers
Nottingham Rugby
Bedford Blues		 49
2
51		 (5)
(0)
(35)
Correct as of 1 June 2018
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013 England Under 20s 5 10
Correct as of July 2016

Harry Ronald Wells (born September 29, 1993)[2] is a British rugby union player who plays lock or flanker for Leicester Tigers.

Career

Leicester Debut

Wells made his debut for Leicester aged 19 in 2013 during an LV Cup game against Wasps[3] at Welford Road.

Bedford

He joined Bedford Blues in 2014 initially on loan[4] before making the move permanent that summer.[5] Wells established himself in the side at lock playing more than 50 games across two and a half seasons.

Rejoins Leicester

In the summer of 2016 he re-joined Tigers as a member of the first team squad. He made his Premiership debut against Bristol in November 2016, he then proceeded to make his first Premiership start in February 2017 against Harlequins.

He has been voted the Tigers player of the month on 3 separate occasions (January and August 2017 and January 2018).

References

  1. ↑ "Harry Wells". Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Harry Wells". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Former Student In Leicester Tigers 1st XV". Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bedford Blues loan Leicester Tigers lock Harry Wells". Bedfordshire on Sunday. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Four more sign for 14/15". Bedford Blues. Retrieved 22 July 2016.


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