Ollie Sleightholme
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13 April 2000
| Born | Oliver Harry Sleightholme 13 April 2000 Northampton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb; 14 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Northampton School for Boys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative | Jon Sleightholme (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oliver Harry Sleightholme (born 13 April 2000) is an English professional rugby union footballer who plays as a wing for Northampton Saints.[1] His father, Jon Sleightholme, was an England international.[2]
Sleightholme spent all his youth career at Northampton Old Scouts, where he played alongside future Saints teammate Connor Tupai.[1][3] He was a pupil at Northampton School for Boys,[4] and played in the school's team that made it to the semi-final of the 2018 NatWest Schools Cup, in which he scored a try in a 19–12 defeat by Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield.[5] Sleightholme played for the England rugby sevens team at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas, and he scored a try in his team's loss to Samoa in the final.[2][6] He scored a try on his debut for England under-18s in a 42–14 win against Wales under-18s on 25 March 2018.[7]
Club career
Sleightholme signed a senior academy contract with Northampton Saints before the 2018–19 season.[8] He made his debut for Northampton in a Premiership Rugby Cup match against Bristol Bears on 27 October 2018.[9] And he made his Premiership debut three weeks later, scoring his first Northampton try 14 seconds after coming on as a second-half replacement against Wasps.[10][11] In only his second EPCR Challenge Cup game, he scored four tries against Timișoara Saracens on 18 January 2019.[12]
Sleightholme scored a try in the 2023–24 Premiership Rugby final as Northampton defeated Bath to become League champions.[13] At the end of that season in May 2024, having finished as top tryscorer in the Premiership, he was named in the Premiership Rugby Team of the Season for the 2023–24 campaign.[14]
