Alicia Maude (born 17 May 2002) is an English

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player. Maude started playing rugby aged six in Hampshire and played for England U18s prior to being signed to

Gloucester-Hartpury Women Gloucester-Hartpury Women's Rugby Football Club is a women's rugby union club based in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. They are the unified women's team of Gloucester Rugby and Hartpury University R.F.C. They were founded in 2014 and as of ...

. Maude was called up to the England sevens squad in April 2022 for the HSBC World Sevens Series tournament in Canada. Maude was selected to play for

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

in rugby sevens. She was named in the England squad for the

2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament The women's tournament for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held in Cape Town, South Africa from September 9 to 11 at the Cape Town Stadium. Teams The four semi-finalists from the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens were automatic qualifiers, with ...

held in

Cape Town, South Africa Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislature, legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the sec ...

in September 2022.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maude, Alicia 2002 births Living people England women's international rugby union players English female rugby union players 21st-century English women Gloucester-Hartpury Women players England international women's rugby sevens players People from Kingston upon Thames Rugby union players from the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Rugby union scrum-halves Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for England Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Great Britain women's international rugby sevens players