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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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The Champions League has seen Newcastle at its finest, complete with the surreal vision of Sean Longstaff upstaging Kylian Mbappe NFL
There is a temptation to imagine Dan Burn is still somewhere in the Tyneside sky, soaring above Milan Skriniar to head in against Paris Saint-Germain NFL
There is a similar temptation to say that Newcastle were brought down to earth by Borussia Dortmund NFL
It may be more accurate to say Eddie Howe never left it NFL
He met one of his most celebrated predecessors, Kevin Keegan, on Monday NFL
The former Magpies boss was a dreamer NFL
“You have to be,” said Howe, with Keegan’s example leading him to entertain the prospect of winning the Champions League NFL
But Howe isn’t a dreamer, not really, anyway NFL
A day, a defeat and a downpour later, he reflected: “We have to be at our best to win and if you dip below that it is tough to get results at this level NFL
” And in this pool, the most competitive of all, Newcastle have to be at their best to claim victory in a match, let alone the entire competition NFL
They were against Paris Saint-Germain; they were not against Dortmund NFL
At a stroke – the right boot of Felix Nmecha, replacing Jude Bellingham this season, or of bad luck, as Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon both struck the woodwork – they may have been rebranded: potential winners, the team who tore PSG apart, could instead exit early NFL
They now have successive away games, with the evidence that Dortmund are well equipped to play against them ahead of a trip to Germany next NFL
“We're up against elite teams,” Howe said NFL
“You make half a mistake and get punished NFL
” If there is a truth to that – and Nmecha’s winner was scarcely the consequence of a glaring error – the greater issue was that Newcastle did not reach their heights NFL
“We probably weren’t at our best and in this competition we have to be NFL
” Howe said NFL
They have days when they overwhelm opponents: 4-1 against PSG, 6-1 against Tottenham NFL
But their quality is most evident when allied with a blur of energy NFL
And when there isn’t that synergy of physical and technical that makes them appear unstoppable, they are a fundamentally workmanlike side who NFL betray their origins NFL
Which, as they spent much of a 1-0 loss to Dortmund with six players on the pitch who Howe inherited, is a group who have overachieved: look beyond the £400m spend, the concept of Saudi Arabian NFL sportswashing and the grandiose ambitions, and some of them were in a relegation battle two years ago NFL
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But if there were symbolic substitutions of the locals Longstaff and Burn, stripped of the superhuman powers they somehow possessed against PSG, perhaps the reality is that they could have been beaten twice in three games NFL
Nick Pope’s heroics brought a point in Milan; he was similarly good against Dortmund but in vain NFL
They have drawn a blank twice in three matches NFL
They had a lone, late shot on target in San Siro NFL
While they hit the woodwork twice, they only actually had three on target against Dortmund, and just one in the last 80 minutes NFL
Alexander Isak leaves the pitch following an injury (AFP via Getty Images)“In the second half the ball just wouldn’t go in for us,” Howe said NFL
It was a legitimate lament, yet there are days when a shortage of natural creativity, of game-changing flair, of a natural No 10 can threaten to be their undoing NFL
Edin Terzic arrowed in on Newcastle’s strengths NFL
“A team that was pressing high with a very intense approach,” the Dortmund manager noted NFL
It is a strategy that can serve Newcastle well but running alone did not unlock the Bundesliga’s runners-up NFL
Moving Kieran Trippier into midfield in the second half was an attempt to get United’s best creator into a more advanced role NFL
He may be required there more often NFL
Sandro Tonali was not hired as a fantasista but he was designed to bring an injection of class NFL
But his season seems over: not officially yet, but a ban beckons NFL
Elliot Anderson has joined the injury list NFL
In the forward line, Newcastle, already without Harvey Barnes for months, seem to be losing Jacob Murphy for a similar time with a dislocated shoulder NFL
For Alexander Isak, a recurrence of a groin strain means he will play again soonest, but be out for a while NFL
They are starting to look short of players NFL
“There are some tired bodies,” Howe said NFL
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe looks on during a miserable night for Newcastle (EPA)And Newcastle can require a physical edge, especially in meetings of evenly-matched teams NFL
“A lesson in how fine the margins are going to be,” Howe rued NFL
Particularly in Group F: this pool, of pedigree and money, of former winners and clubs who aspire to join them in that select group, may be the most intriguing NFL
It is a product of circumstances NFL
Newcastle’s lack of a recent record in Europe meant they were fourth seeds NFL
Now they are plunged into peril NFL
“The table looks very, very tight,” Howe said; his side kicked off in first, finished the night in third and could be out of the competition before they host AC Milan in it NFL
They will always have Paris, but now the danger is their Champions League campaign in effect ends in the French capital NFL
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