Loading AI tools
UK competitive sports team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The English women's national rugby sevens team has competed in the Hong Kong Women's Sevens tournaments since 1997. England are also one of six teams announced by the International Rugby Board as "core teams" that will compete in all four rounds of the inaugural IRB Women's Sevens World Series in 2012–13.[1] England won the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]
This article needs to be updated. (June 2021) |
Union | Rugby Football Union | ||
---|---|---|---|
Emblem(s) | Red Rose | ||
Coach(es) | Simon Middleton | ||
Captain(s) | Michaela Staniford | ||
| |||
World Cup Sevens | |||
Appearances | 2 (First in 2009) | ||
Best result | 5th place, 2009 |
At the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens they lost to Ireland in the opening game of the tournament and were knocked out of the Championship Cup. They defeated Japan to win the Challenge Trophy Final and placed ninth overall.[3] England, representing Great Britain, won the 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens, thus qualifying for the 2020 Olympics.[4]
Rugby World Cup Sevens | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
2009 | Plate Winners | 5th | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
2013 | Plate Finalists | 6th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
2018 | Challenge Trophy Final | 9th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | 7th-place Final | 8th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 0 Titles | 4/4 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 |
Rugby X Tournament | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
2019 | Finals | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1 Title | 1/1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Union / Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | BK | Claire Allan | May 7, 1985 (aged 33) | Unattached |
2 | BK | Abbie Brown (c) | April 10, 1996 (aged 22) | Unattached |
3 | BK | Sarah McKenna | March 23, 1989 (aged 29) | Unattached |
4 | FW | Emily Scarratt | February 8, 1990 (aged 28) | Unattached |
5 | BK | Natasha Hunt | March 21, 1989 (aged 29) | Unattached |
6 | FW | Deborah Fleming | June 10, 1991 (aged 27) | Unattached |
7 | FW | Heather Fisher | June 13, 1984 (aged 34) | Unattached |
8 | FW | Victoria Fleetwood | April 13, 1990 (aged 28) | Unattached |
9 | FW | Alex Matthews | August 3, 1993 (aged 24) | Unattached |
10 | BK | Jessica Breach | November 4, 1997 (aged 20) | Harlequins |
11 | BK | Holly Aitchison | September 13, 1997 (aged 20) | Unattached |
12 | FW | Amy Wilson-Hardy | September 13, 1991 (aged 26) | Unattached |
Head coach: James Bailey
• Rachael Burford • Heather Fisher • Sonia Green • Natasha Hunt • Sarah McKenna • Katherine Merchant • Isabelle Noel-Smith • Alice Richardson • Emily Scarratt • Michaela Staniford (C) • Joanne Watmore • Kay Wilson
The following England Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:[9]
|
The following players have been voted as the RPA England 7s Player of the Year since 2018:[10]
Year | Winners | Ref |
---|---|---|
2018 | Alex Matthews | [11] |
2019 | Alex Matthews (2) | [12] |
2020 | Meg Jones | [13] |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.