Abigail Brown (born 10 April 1996) is an English rugby sevens player. She was selected as a member of the

Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team The Great Britain national rugby sevens team is the women's Olympic representative team of Great Britain at the rugby sevens tournament at the Summer Olympic Games. The team played their first competitive match at the 2016 Summer Olympics ...

to the

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. She scored twice in their quarter-final match against

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to help

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into the semi-finals. She plays internationally for the

England women's national rugby union team The England women's national rugby union team, also known as the Red Roses, represents England in women's international rugby union. They compete in the annual Women's Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. E ...

. She is a full-time contracted rugby player. Brown attended

Clyst Vale Community College Clyst Vale Community College is a school in Broadclyst, East Devon near Exeter in England, UK. Since April 2011 it has been an academy. The school is a Microsoft partnership school and therefore specialises in ICT as well as Mathematics and Sci ...

in Broadclyst, Devon.

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