Harry Ellis
Ellis passes the ball out of a ruck playing against Ireland.
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| Full name | Harry Alistair Ellis | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 May 1982 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wigston, Leicester, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 8 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Leicester Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | De Montfort University | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2001–2010 | Leicester Tigers | 173 | (145) |
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Correct as of 8 July 2010
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2004–2009 2009 |
England British and Irish Lions |
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(25) (0) |
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Correct as of 8 July 2010
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Harry Alistair Ellis (born 17 May 1982 in Leicester) is a retired English rugby union footballer who played scrum half for Leicester Tigers, England and the British & Irish Lions.
On 8 July 2010, Ellis announced his retirement from the game as a result of a persistent knee injury. He now works at his former school, teaching PE to A-Level students, and contributing to the coaching of its 1st XV.
Ellis first played rugby union as a 6-year-old with the South Leicester club. He studied at Bushloe High School and later Leicester Grammar School, where he represented Leicester Schools and the Midlands at every age level.
He spent a year with the Wigston club before he finally joined the Leicester Tigers Academy where he combined playing with further education at De Montfort University. He worked his way through the Tigers lower teams and continued his representative career, playing for both the England U19 and U21 sides. He has also featured in the England Sevens squad along with his team mate Louis Deacon.
In August 2001, he made his first team Tigers debut in the Orange Cup game in Toulouse. In Leicester's 2002 Heineken Cup quarter final, Ellis scored the only try of the game, breaking away from a ruck and sliding over on the wet ground. Ellis went on to score a superb individual try that helped defeat Llanelli in the Heineken Cup semi-final at Nottingham. In the final itself Ellis came on as a replacement as Leicester emerged victorious. He was named Tigers’ Players Young Player of the Year for the 2001–2 season.
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