Tamara Taylor (born 8 October 1981) is an English female rugby union player, who captained

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in the

2015 Women's Six Nations Championship The 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2015 RBS Women's Six Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 14th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby unio ...

. She was the 2017 RPA Player of the Year when she was one of only three women who had made more than 100 appearances for her country. She is currently the 4th most capped England womens rugby union player of all time.

Career

She was educated at

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Queen Anne's School Queen Anne's School is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18, situated in the suburb of Caversham just north of the River Thames and Reading town centre and occupying a campus. There are around 450 pupils. Nearly half a ...

, Caversham and

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a UK public university, public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is ...

where she read

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. Taylor represented at the

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and

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World Cups, winning in 2014. Taylor joined the Jarrovians RUFC as a coach in October 2013. and currently is player coach at Darlington Mowden Park Sharks. She was the 2017 RPA Player of the Year when she was one of only three women who had made more than 100 appearances for her country. She was again the Lock in the team for the

2017 Women's Rugby World Cup The 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup was the eighth edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup and was held in Ireland in August 2017. New Zealand became the 2017 champions by beating England 41–32 in the final on 26 August. Matches were held in Dubl ...

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Player Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Tamara 1981 births Living people England women's international rugby union players English female rugby union players People educated at Queen Anne's School Rugby union players from Exeter Alumni of Newcastle University Rugby union locks English rugby union coaches Female rugby union coaches Darlington Mowden Park Sharks players Barbarian F.C. Women players