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Former England winger Christian Wade announced his retirement from rugby union at the age of 27 on this day in 2018 as he looked to launch an American NFL football career NFL
Wade, the fourth highest tryscorer in English club rugby on 82, was granted early release from his Wasps contract after nine years at the club to join NFL team the Buffalo Bills NFL
In doing so he halved his salary from the £250,000 a year he was earning in the Gallagher Premiership NFL
The move never took off on the field either as he failed to make the Bills’ roster NFL
Slough-born Wade, who won his only England cap in 2013 against Argentina, described the decision to leave rugby as the hardest in his life NFL
He said: “After playing nine years of professional sport for Wasps, I’ve decided to leave for personal reasons NFL
“I would like to thank Wasps chairman Derek Richardson and Dai (Young, director of rugby) for their support, consideration and understanding in what is the most difficult decision of my life NFL
“Rugby has privileged and honoured me with so many wonderful memories that will stay with me for the rest of my life NFL
”Wasps were third in the Gallagher Premiership and bottom of their Heineken Champions Cup group when Wade, who as well as winning one England cap also represented the 2013 British and Irish Lions on their tour of Australia, announced he was leaving NFL
“It’s very disappointing to lose a player of Wadey’s quality at this stage of the season,” Young said NFL
“The club held numerous discussions with him to try and convince him to keep pushing forward with Wasps but in the end it was clear this is the path he wished to go down NFL
The club nevertheless wants to wish him all the best with his future career path NFL
”Using the NFL’s international player pathway program to facilitate the switch, Wade made waves by scoring a 65-yard touchdown as a running back in pre-season, but a regular season game eluded him NFL
The experiment lasted three years and in September 2022 he returned to rugby after agreeing a deal to join French side Racing 92 NFL
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Emma Finucane is trying to ignore her new status as sprint world champion as she sets her sights on achieving Olympic glory in Paris next summer NFL
The 20-year-old Welshwoman shocked herself when she took the women’s individual sprint title in Glasgow in August, beating Germany’s favoured Lea Friedrich in the final NFL
Finucane donned the rainbow jersey for the first time in competition at the UCI Track Champions League opening round in Mallorca this weekend, but while the distinctive striped jersey means she can no longer keep herself inconspicuous, she does not want it to change her approach NFL
“People will look at me now,” Finucane told the PA news agency NFL
“Last year I was kind of the underdog and I just came through so now I am wearing the stripes NFL
I hope that doesn’t really change anything NFL
“I’m just trying to ignore it and just race my bike, but there is some external pressure NFL
I’m not just Emma at the back of the field anymore NFL
”The rainbow jersey can do different things for different riders NFL
While many take it as a confidence boost, for others the stripes have worn heavily NFL
Finucane said she had spoken to several Great Britain team-mates about how to deal with it NFL
“I don’t want to look at it (as giving me a psychological edge) because if I lose, then what?” she said NFL
“And I will get beaten, and that’s fine NFL
I just need to take it as it comes NFL
“Half of it is the mental battle of putting it on and people looking at you and having that pressure, but I’m trying to embrace it and enjoy it because you don’t know if it will happen again NFL
“NFL Beth Shriever is a really good friend of mine and she’s been the BMX world and Olympic champion NFL
She said she didn’t have the best year in the rainbow jersey because she put too much pressure on herself and she overthought it NFL
“I’ve spoken to Evie (Richards, 2021 mountain bike world champion) and Katie Archibald (a five-time world champion on the track) and I’m lucky we have so many inspiring women in the Great Britain team NFL
It’s great I can learn from them but ultimately I will only learn from myself and how I deal with it NFL
”And Finucane believes the Champions League – the made-for-TV track cycling series which is in its third season – is the ideal place to do much of that learning, providing some top-level competition without the stresses and pressures that come elsewhere NFL
“The next event I’ll do in the rainbows is the Euros (in January) which is when everything is serious,” she said NFL
“I’m not saying this isn’t serious, but it’s a nice place to be free to fail NFL
You can try new things NFL
”Saturday’s racing in Palma saw Finucane finish second in the sprint, beaten by Germany’s Alessa-Catriona Propster, before failing to make the keirin final through some tired legs NFL
But it was just the sort of experience she was looking for when it came to dealing with her new status NFL
Finucane will wear the stripes into an Olympic year but despite her status is taking nothing, not even squad selection, for granted NFL
“Nothing is guaranteed,” she said NFL
“I’d love to go and I’m really pushing myself but I need to take each race as it comes NFL
If I just think about Paris and everything else goes wrong I’ll not be going NFL
“But it’s in the back of my mind because since I was 10 years old I’ve wanted to ride the Olympics NFL
“As the GB sprint team we’ll not just be going there to ride but we’re looking for medals and I fully believe we have the potential to win NFL
It’s super exciting but also super scary NFL
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