Louise Rickard (born 31 December 1970) is a
Welsh rugby union player. She has played at lock, wing and centre
positions. She is one of the most capped players in the history of women's rugby at 112 caps for Wales.
Rickard played her first internat5ional match in 1993 against England. She was nominated for the
BBC Wales Sports Personality for the year 2009. In 2016, she played a key role in securing the first Masters Touch Tournament in Gif,
Paris
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. She was educated at
St Joseph's College, Ipswich
St Joseph's College is a co-educational independent school for day and boarding pupils between the ages of 2 and 19 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. With usually 550-600 pupils on the roll, the College is located in South West Ipswich, surrounded ...
. In 1992, she graduated from
Aberystwyth University with a
Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University o ...
degree in
biology
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and with a
PhD in
marine biology in 1996. She is presently the head of biology at
Woodbridge School
Woodbridge School is an independent school in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, founded in 1577, for the poor of Woodbridge. It was later supported by the Seckford Foundation. Woodbridge School has been co-educational since September 1974.
Histor ...
in
Suffolk.
She has also been selected at a national level in
hockey
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,
karate and
bobsleigh
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. In 2017, she was made an Honorary Fellow of Aberystwyth University.
References
External links
2010 Women's RWC profile6 Nations profile
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1970 births
Living people
People educated at St Joseph's College, Ipswich
Alumni of Aberystwyth University
Welsh female rugby union players
Wales international rugby union players
Welsh rugby union players