Why Christian Wade Shouldn’t Waste His Time Playing Sevens

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Published: April 19, 2016

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Christian Wade hit the headlines last weekend with a six-try performance against Worcester that rocketed the Wasps man to second in this season's leading try-scorer table in the Aviva Premiership.

The 24-year-old is enjoying life as part of a resurgent Wasps, who have reached the last four of Europe's premier club competition for the first time since 2007, and they are second in their domestic competition and on course for a play-off berth.

It usually follows that players in a successful side start to pique the interest of the national selectors, and Wasps have plenty of Englishmen Eddie Jones can call upon. Indeed, James Haskell, Joe Launchbury and Elliot Daly were all part of the Red Rose's Grand Slam squad.

But Wade was overlooked. The former RGS High Wycombe pupil has not had much luck when it comes to England honours.

He was due to play in the 2013 autumn internationals before a hamstring injury intervened, then he was ruled out for six months that December with a foot problem, per the Telegraph.

Other players took their chances in his absence, and in 2015 he was overlooked by Stuart Lancaster, not even making the original 50-man pre-World Cup party. Later that year, he was struck down with another foot injury that sidelined him for part of this season.

Now he is clearly fit and currently firing on all cylinders. But rather than take the chance to demand his form merits selection for England's tour of Australia, Wade has been talking up his prospects of heading to Rio to play in the Olympic Sevens tournament, per the Guardian:

An Olympic medal is one of the highest honours for anyone. You would be representing Great Britain and a medal would just be massive, something you can hold on to and be proud of. There will be millions of viewers watching ... it is probably the ultimate stage.

Except it's not, is it?

How many players have genuinely used Sevens as a springbo...
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