Marland Yarde

Marland Yarde

Yarde playing for London Irish in 2014
Date of birth	(1992-04-20) 20 April 1992 (age 25)
Place of birth	Castries, Saint Lucia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 2 lb; 212 lb)
School	Gunnersbury Boys' School Whitgift School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2010–2014 2014– London Irish Harlequins 47 48 ((100) (80)) Correct as of 29th May 2016 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2011–2012 2013– England U16 England U18 England U20 England 15 11 ( (45) (35)) Correct as of 6 December 2016

Marland Yarde (born 20 April 1992) is a Saint Lucian-born English rugby union wing who plays for Harlequins. He has previously spent time on loan at London Welsh. At international level Yarde represents England.

Born in Castries, Saint Lucia, Yarde moved to England as a nine-year-old. 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.

Marland returned to London Irish from 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 the 2012/2013 season he appeared 23 times for Irish, scoring 7 tries, including a hat-trick against Worcester Warriors.

In January 2014 he signed a two-year contract to join Harlequins for the 2014–15 season. 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.

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