Wade has Premiership try record 'in sights'

New Gloucester winger Christian Wade says nan Premiership try-scoring grounds is "in his sights" arsenic he returns to nan convention this season.

Wade is presently 5th connected nan Premiership all-time try-scoring list, pinch 82 -19 down leader Chris Ashton connected 101.

The 33-year-old erstwhile Wasps subordinate is backmost successful English nine rugby aft six years away, playing American shot successful nan NFL earlier returning to nan athletics pinch Racing 92 successful France.

"It is successful my sights and I evidently want to spell for it," Wade told nan Rugby Union Weekly podcast.

"I americium not reasoning astir it now. Once I get person past it’s for illustration 'I’ve 1 aliases 2 much to go'."

Wade made 165 appearances for Wasps during a seven-year spell pinch nan nine from 2011 to 2018. He was besides capped erstwhile by England, successful 2013, and joined nan British and Irish Lions circuit that year.

He discontinue nan athletics successful 2018 to prosecute a profession successful nan NFL and joined Buffalo Bills arsenic a moving backmost via nan league's International Player Pathway, but he ne'er made a regular-season quality for nan side.

Danny Care is nan only different still-active subordinate up of Wade connected nan all-time Premiership try-scoring list, pinch 85 tries.

Wade believes Ashton's grounds tin beryllium broken.

"For maine it’s 2 seasons, but I could do it successful one," Wade said.

"People ever inquire maine astir nan tries and I’ve ne'er really focused connected them excessively much. There were astir apt 2 years erstwhile I was playing pinch Tom Varndell, who was ever for illustration 'tries, tries, tries'. And we were competing against each other.

"I conscionable deliberation you person to fto it hap and if it happens, it happens."

Wade joins a Gloucester broadside that has vanished 10th and ninth successful nan past 2 campaigns and has ne'er won nan Premiership title, pinch their astir caller top-four decorativeness coming successful 2019.

Wade was portion of nan Wasps broadside that lost nan final to Exeter successful 2017 and said he has "unfinished business" successful nan league.

"I stood up successful beforehand of nan boys and [said] I’m coming backmost to nan Premiership not for a jolly aliases to bask my past fewer years, I still haven’t won a Premiership title and that’s still my goal," Wade said.

"One of nan large things astir coming to Gloucester was nan set-up they person down there.

"The boys they person down location is specified a young group of lads but I consciousness for illustration they haven’t had nan belief successful their imaginable each nan clip aliases whether it’s nan consistency successful their performances.

"But we’ve made a mates of signings this year, pinch Tomos Williams, Gareth Anscombe, and for maine I really want to push forward, apical four, and push for immoderate titles. I conjecture it is unfinished business."