The English women's national rugby sevens team has competed in the

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tournaments since 1997. England are also one of six teams announced by the

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as "core teams" that will compete in all four rounds of the inaugural IRB Women's Sevens World Series in 2012–13. England won the bronze medal at the

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. At the

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they lost to

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in the opening game of the tournament and were knocked out of the Championship Cup. They defeated

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to win the Challenge Trophy Final and placed ninth overall. England, representing

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, won the 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens, thus qualifying for the

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Tournament history

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Commonwealth Games

Rugby X Tournament

Honours

2001 Cup Semi Finals *

2003 Cup Final *

2012 Cup Final *

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champions

Players

Previous squads

Head coach:

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Rachael Burford Rachael Burford (born 19 August 1986) is an English rugby union player. She represented at the 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2017 Women's Rugby World Cups. She was a member of the squad which went to the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. In May 2014, Burf ...

• Heather Fisher • Sonia Green • Natasha Hunt • Sarah McKenna •

Katherine Merchant Katherine ("Kat") Merchant (born 29 October 1985) is an English female rugby union player who represented her country 58 times and scored 44 tries. Life Merchant was playing serious rugby when she was sixteen. She graduated from Birmingham Uni ...

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Isabelle Noel-Smith Isabelle Noel-Smith (born 19 July 1988) is an English rugby union player. She made her debut for England in 2011. She was named in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad for England women's national rugby union team, England. Noel-Smith attended ...

• Alice Richardson •

Emily Scarratt Emily Scarratt (born 8 February 1990) is an English rugby union player. She currently plays centre and fullback for Loughborough Lightning and for England. She is also a qualified teacher. Club career Scarratt played for Leicester Forest ...

• Michaela Staniford (C) • Joanne Watmore •

Kay Wilson Kay Wilson (born 19 September 1991) is an English rugby union player for . She was included in the 2014 and 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup's. Career Wilson was born in 1991 and she was playing at the age of five and she played for Old Caterhami ...

World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

* 2012-13 - 2nd * 2013-14 - 4th * 2014-15 - 4th * 2015-16 - 4th * 2016-17 - 8th

References

External links

* {{World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Women's national rugby sevens teams Sevens World Rugby Women's Sevens Series core teams