Ethan Waddleton
| Date of birth | 23 November 1996 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Ipswich, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Ethan Waddleton (born 23 November 1996) is an English rugby union player. He plays for the Great Britain national rugby sevens team having also previously represented the England national rugby sevens team.
Early life
[edit]From Ipswich, in Suffolk, Waddleton attended St Joseph's College, Ipswich and played in the same schoolboy side as future England international Lewis Ludlam.[1]
Career
[edit]He trained as a youngster with Rugby Premiership clubs Northampton Saints and Saracens, as well as playing for Colchester RFC.[2][1] He made his debut for the England national rugby sevens team in January 2017, and was part of the team that won bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[3]
He was named in the Team GB rugby sevens squad for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan in 2021.[1] Waddleton competed for England at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[4]
He played for GB Sevens in the SVNS series after the formation of the GB programme to run from 2023 onwards, replacing the separate England, Wales, and Scotland programmes.[5] He played as part of the GB sevens team at the men’s Olympic qualification repechage tournament in Monaco in June 2024.[6] He was selected for the Great Britain national rugby sevens team for the 2024-25 SVNS series which began at the Dubai Sevens on 30 November 2024.[7] He scored a try in the opening tournament in a 22-17 victory against Ireland Sevens.[8]
Personal life
[edit]He lives in Holbrook, Suffolk. In 2022 he took part in The Festival of Suffolk torch relay to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Junilee in her 70th year as monarch.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Mum's pride as former Ipswich schoolboy named in Tokyo 2020 Olympics squad". eadt.co.uk. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Ethan Waddleton". Rugby Journal. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Ethan Waddleton - England Rugby 7s Team". Team England. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "England squads for Rugby World Cup Sevens named". www.englandrugby.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "GB men's sevens aim high despite part time status". BBC Sport. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ Ferguson, David (20 June 2024). "Win or bust in Monaco as Great Britain Sevens men hunt Olympic qualification". theoffsideline. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "GB 7s 2024-25 squad announcement". gbrugbysevens.com. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "SVNS - Dubai - Ireland 7s vs Great Britain 7s". Rugby.com.au. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Suffolk torch relay celebrates Queen's Platinum Jubilee". BBC News. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- 1996 births
- Living people
- England international rugby sevens players
- English rugby union players
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Great Britain
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby union players from Ipswich
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games