England women's national rugby sevens team

For the men's team, see England national rugby sevens team.
England
UnionRugby Football Union
Emblem(s)Red Rose
Coach(es)Simon Middleton
Captain(s)Michaela Staniford
Team kit
Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances2 (First in 2009)
Best result5th place, 2009
Team England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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]

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]

Tournament history

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W L D
United Arab Emirates 2009 Plate Winners 5th 6 5 1 0
Russia 2013 Plate Finalists 6th 6 3 3 0
United States 2018 Challenge Trophy Final 9th 4 3 1 0
South Africa 2022 7th-place Final 8th 4 1 3 0
Total 0 Titles 4/4 20 12 8 0

Commonwealth Games

Year Round Position Pld W L D
Australia 2018 Bronze medal match 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 3 2 0
England 2022 5th Place Playoff 5th 5 3 2 0
Total 0 Titles 2/2 10 6 4 0

Rugby X Tournament

Rugby X Tournament
Year Round Position Pld W L D
England 2019 Finals 1st 2 2 0 0
Total 1 Title 1/1 2 2 0 0

Honours

Players

Previous squads

Squad to the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens[5]

Head coach: James Bailey

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Union / Club
1 BK Claire Allan (1985-05-07)May 7, 1985 (aged 33) Unattached
2 BK Abbie Brown (c) (1996-04-10)April 10, 1996 (aged 22) Unattached
3 BK Sarah McKenna (1989-03-23)March 23, 1989 (aged 29) Unattached
4 FW Emily Scarratt (1990-02-08)February 8, 1990 (aged 28) Unattached
5 BK Natasha Hunt (1989-03-21)March 21, 1989 (aged 29) Unattached
6 FW Deborah Fleming (1991-06-10)June 10, 1991 (aged 27) Unattached
7 FW Heather Fisher (1984-06-13)June 13, 1984 (aged 34) Unattached
8 FW Victoria Fleetwood (1990-04-13)April 13, 1990 (aged 28) Unattached
9 FW Alex Matthews (1993-08-03)August 3, 1993 (aged 24) Unattached
10 BK Jessica Breach (1997-11-04)November 4, 1997 (aged 20) Harlequins
11 BK Holly Aitchison (1997-09-13)September 13, 1997 (aged 20) Unattached
12 FW Amy Wilson-Hardy (1991-09-13)September 13, 1991 (aged 26) Unattached
Squad to IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup - 2012 London Sevens[6]

• 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

Award winners

World Rugby Awards

The following England Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:[7]

Rugby Players' Association Player of the Year

The following players have been voted as the RPA England 7s Player of the Year since 2018:[8]

RPA Player of the Year
Year Winners Ref
2018 Alex Matthews [9]
2019 Alex Matthews (2) [10]
2020 Meg Jones [11]

World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

See also

References

  1. ^ "IRB announces Women's Sevens World Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 4 October 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  2. ^ "England win double rugby sevens bronze". BBC Sport. 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  3. ^ "ENGLAND WOMEN SEVENS WIN CHALLENGE FINAL AT RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS". 15.co.za. 2018-07-22. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  4. ^ "Women's 7s Olympic Qualifier 2019". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  5. ^ "England Sevens announce World Cup squad". RFU. 10 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. ^ scrumhalfconnection (2012). "IRB Women's Challenge Cup Sevens (London) – May 12-13, 2012 – Schedule, Teams and Other Details". Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  7. ^ "Awards Roll of Honour - World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  8. ^ "The RPA Awards – Previous Awards". therpa.co.uk. Rugby Players' Association. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ^ "2018 – The RPA". therpa.co.uk. Rugby Players' Association. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  10. ^ "2019 – The RPA". therpa.co.uk. Rugby Players' Association. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  11. ^ "2020 – The RPA". therpa.co.uk. Rugby Players' Association. Retrieved 30 December 2023.