Meryl Smith (born 11 June 2001) is a Scottish

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 who plays as a centre.

Early life

Smith started playing rugby with the Murrayfield Wanderers Girls team aged 13. She became a student at

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studying biomedical science from September 2019. She was capped by Scotland U18 and U20 in Touch Rugby.

Career

In 2019 Smith was called up by the Scotland senior team for the first time to compete at the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series event in Biarritz. Smith was selected to play for

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at the

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in rugby sevens. She was also selected for the COVID-delayed

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held in October 2022. In December 2022 she was awarded a professional contract by Scottish Rugby.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Meryl 2001 births Living people Female rugby union players Scotland women's international rugby union players Scottish female rugby union players Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games