Ellis spent his youth at Tewkesbury RFC captaining for almost 5 years! He played at Gloucester Academy for the development squad and then went on to play for the county u16’s. He then moved on to Smiths RFC, his father’s old rugby club where he was able to experience the highest coaching level from 3 top level coaches, exposing him to good drills that he has now taken further to help the pupils better themselves at rugby.