Marland Yarde

Marland Yarde
Yarde playing for London Irish in 2014
Date of birth (1992-04-20) 20 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birthCastries, Saint Lucia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight99 kg (15 st 8 lb; 218 lb)
SchoolGunnersbury Boys' School
Whitgift School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–2014 London Irish 47 (100)
2014–2017 Harlequins[1] 80 (135)
2017–2022 Sale Sharks 75 (155)
2022– Bayonne ()
Correct as of 31 December 2022
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
England U16
England U18
2011–2012 England U20 15 (45)
2013– England 13 (40)
Correct as of 19 June 2017

Marland Yarde (born 20 April 1992) is an English rugby union wing who currently plays for Bayonne. He has previously played for London Irish, Harlequins and Sale Sharks. At international level Yarde won 13 caps for England between 2013 and 2017.

Early life

Born in Castries, Saint Lucia,[2] Yarde moved to England as a nine-year-old with his mother. 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.[3] While at Whitgift Yarde scored a hat-trick of tries in the Daily Mail RBS Schools Under 18 Cup final as they beat RGS Newcastle 34-10.[4]

Club career

Marland returned to London Irish from being on loan to 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 January 2014 he signed a two-year contract to join Harlequins for the 2014–15 season.[5] 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.[6][7] In late October 2017, Harlequins Director of Rugby reported that Yarde missed three training sessions and was probably going to join another club. On 1 November 2017, it was announced that Yarde would join Sale Sharks. After Yarde's departure from Harlequins former teammate Chris Robshaw stated that "I am disappointed in him. Marland has unfortunately run out of lives and for us as a club we are going to be in a better place now."[8]

In September 2022 Yarde posted a statement on social media confirming that he had been arrested in January of that year but that he had subsequently been released without charge.[9][10] Sale Sharks director of rugby Alex Sanderson later confirmed that he had left the club via mutual consent prior to the 2021-22 Premiership Rugby season.[11]

Yarde was named as part of the Barbarians squad which would play Harlequins on the 17 November 2022.[12] Harlequins beat the Barbarians 73-28.[13]

On 24 December 2022 Top 14 side Bayonne announced that Yarde had signed for the club until the end of the 2022/23 season.[14]

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.[15][16] He retained his place for the first Autumn International of 2013 against Australia which England won 20–13,[17][18] though he missed the two other games against Argentina and New Zealand through injury.[19]

A torn hip tendon sustained in London Irish's game against Leicester Tigers meant that he played no part in the 2014 Six Nations,[19] though he did return to the training squad for the last two games against Wales and Italy.[20][21] He was selected for the 2014 summer tour to New Zealand and started in all three tests,[22][23] scoring two tries.[24][25]

International tries

Marland Yarde running with the ball for England
Yarde playing for England against the Barbarians in 2013.
As of 7 July 2019 [26]
Try Opposing team Location Venue Competition Date Result Score
1  Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina José Amalfitani Stadium 2013 Summer Internationals 15 June 2013 Win 26 – 51 [15]
2
3  New Zealand Dunedin, New Zealand Forsyth Barr Stadium 2014 Tour of New Zealand 14 June 2014 Loss 28 – 27[24]
4  New Zealand Hamilton, New Zealand Waikato Stadium 2014 Tour of New Zealand 21 June 2014 Loss 36 – 13[25]
5  Wales London, England Twickenham Stadium 2016 Summer Tour Warm-Up 29 May 2016 Win 27 – 13[27]
6  Australia Brisbane, Australia Suncorp Stadium 2016 Summer Internationals 11 June 2016 Win 28 – 39[28]
7  Australia London, England Twickenham Stadium 2016 Autumn Internationals 3 December 2016 Win 37 – 21[29]
8  Argentina San Juan, Argentina Estadio Bicentenario 2017 Tour of Argentina 10 June 2017 Win 34 – 38[30]

References

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  19. ^ a b "England's Marland Yarde could miss entire Six Nations after hip injury". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
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  21. ^ "Manu Tuilagi recalled to England's matchday squad for Italy game". Sky Sports. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  22. ^ "Lancaster names initial 30-man NZ tour squad". Rugby Football Union. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
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  24. ^ a b Dirs, Ben (14 June 2014). "New Zealand beat England 28–27 in second Test to seal series win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
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  28. ^ "Australia 28-39 England". BBC Sport.
  29. ^ "England beat Australia to equal all-time record of 14 wins". BBC Sport. 3 December 2016.
  30. ^ "England beat Argentina thanks to Denny Solomona's late try". BBC Sport. 10 June 2017.
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