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| Full name | David Strettle | ||||||
| Date of birth | 23 June 1983 | ||||||
| Place of birth | Lymm, Cheshire, England | ||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (12 st 4 lb) | ||||||
| School | Lymm High School | ||||||
| University | Sheffield Hallam University | ||||||
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David Strettle, (born 23 July 1983), is an English rugby union player who plays on the wing for Clermont and England.
Strettle grew up in Thelwall, Cheshire, attending Lymm High School and playing for Lymm RFC. Strettle then went on to study at Sheffield Hallam University.
In the summer of 2006, Strettle joined the Harlequins from Rotherham, and made his club debut in the pre-season friendly against ASM Clermont on 6 August of that year.
As a teenager, he was a talented footballer, appearing on the books of Liverpool FC, Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra. He was also a keen rugby league fan.
Strettle scored a hat trick on his Rotherham debut against Rugby Lions and made his Premiership debut for the Titans against Bath in October 2003. He was Rotherham's top try-scorer in National One in the 2004–05 season scoring 18 tries in 22 appearances.
Strettle is known as "Ducks" at Harlequins after David Duckham, a player to whom Strettle has drawn comparison, and was touted as a future England winger. He recently scored a hat trick in the game against Newcastle Falcons and was included in the England Saxons squad for the team's games against Italy and Ireland, scoring in both games.
Strettle was also a regular in the England sevens squad throughout the 2005/06 IRB World Seven Series. He won a surprise call up to the England starting XV for its 2007 Six Nations game against Ireland at Croke Park in the place of the injured Jason Robinson, and scored England's only try in the 43–13 defeat. He also started in the win over France and the defeat to Wales.
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