Archie Vanes
{{Short description|English rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Archie Vanes
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| birth_name = Archie Vanes
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|9|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Burton on Trent, England
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| school = Brooksby Melton College
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| position = Hooker
| currentclub = Worcester Warriors
| youthyears1 = -
| youthclubs1 = Melbourne RFC
| youthyears2 = -
| youthclubs2 = Ashby RFC
| years1 = 2021–2025
| clubs1 = Leicester Tigers
| apps1 = 18
| points1 = 50
| years2 = 2021–2023
| clubs2 = → Nottingham (loan)
| apps2 = 22
| points2 = 25
| years3 = 2024
| clubs3 = → Cambridge (loan)
| apps3 = 5
| points3 = 10
| years4 = 2025–
| clubs4 = Worcester Warriors
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| repyears1 = 2019–2020
| repteam1 = England U18
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| repyears2 = 2021
| repteam2 = {{nruu|England|20}}
| repcaps2 = 4
| reppoints2 = 0
| clubupdate = 15 June 2025
| repupdate = 19 December 2022
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Archie Vanes (born 16 September 2001){{cite web|url=https://rugby.statbunker.com/players/getPlayerDetails?player_id=44839|publisher=Statbunker|access-date=19 December 2023|title=Archie Vanes profile}} is an English professional rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the RFU Championship. He previously played for Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby, his preferred position is hooker.{{cite web|url=https://www.leicestertigers.com/player/archie-vanes|publisher=Leicester Tigers|title=Archie Vanes Leicester Tigers profile|access-date=19 December 2023}}
Career
Born in Burton on Trent Vanes first played rugby for Melbourne RFC in Derbyshire before joining Ashby RFC in Leicestershire.{{cite news|url=https://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/features/37720/young-guns-leicester-tigers-hooker-archie-vanes/|work=The Rugby Paper|date=3 August 2020|access-date=19 December 2023|title=Young Guns: Leicester Tigers hooker Archie Vanes}} He represented England at under 18s level, and in 2021 played for {{nruu|England|20}} in the 2021 Six Nations.{{cite news|url=https://www.leicestertigers.com/news/england-under20-squad-june-2021|work=Leicester Tigers|date=11 June 2021|access-date=19 December 2021|title=Tigers trio called up for Under-20s Six Nations}}
Vanes made his Leicester debut on 13 November 2021 as a replacement in a game against Sale Sharks in the Premiership Rugby Cup. He made his league debut on 18 November 2023 as a late replacement against Northampton Saints, and made his European Rugby Champions Cup debut on 17 December 2023, where Vanes scored a hat trick of tries as Leicester beat Stade Francais Paris 27–24.{{cite news|url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/archie-vanes-scores-hat-trick-as-leicester-edge-out-stade-francais/|work=Rugby Pass|title=Archie Vanes scores hat-trick as Leicester edge out Stade Francais|date=17 December 2023|access-date=19 December 2023}} He was the first Leicester player to score a hat trick on their European debut.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2023/12/17/stade-francais-v-leicester-tigers-champions-cup-live-score/|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=Archie Vanes scores Champions Cup hat-trick as Leicester Tigers beat Stade Francais in thriller|date=17 December 2023|access-date=19 December 2023}}
References
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Category:English rugby union players
Category:Leicester Tigers players
Category:Nottingham R.F.C. players
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
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