Ade Gardner

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Ade Gardner
Personal information
Full name Adrian Gardner
Date of birth June 26, 1983 (1983-06-26) (age 24)
Place of birth Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 15 st 4 lbs (97 kg)
Nickname(s) Ade, Cymbals
Club information
Position(s) Wing
Current club St Helens
Number 2
Youth clubs
Years Club
Barrow
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2001
2001 ‐
Barrow Raiders
St Helens

167 (380)
Representative teams
2005 ‐
2006 ‐
England
Great Britain
2 (16)
1 (4)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Ade Gardner (b. June 26 1983) is a rugby league player from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. He currently plays for St Helens and made his debut for the Great Britain national team in 2006. He is the older brother of Huddersfield Giants winger, Mat. His other brother, John-Paul, is also an established rugby player.

He went to St. Columba's Roman Catholic School.

Gardner made his Super League debut in a match against London Broncos on 28 March 2002, which St Helens lost. He established himself as a first team regular in 2003 and has now appeared more than one hundred times for St Helens, scoring more than 70 tries. Gardner also finished the 2006 season as St Helens RLFC leading try scorer with 29 tries in all competitions.

Gardner was named in the Great Britain training squad throughout 2006. He scored on his international debut in XXXX Test Match against New Zealand on 27 June 2006, and was a surprise omission from the Great Britain squad for the 2006 Tri-nations. He was most recently selected in June 2007 in a young Great Britain team named by new coach Tony Smith for their match against France at Headingley.

On 25 August, Ade scored two tries for St Helens at Wembley Stadium to help Saints win their 11th Challenge Cup.