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Emma Gabrielle Taylor (born 9 July 1992) is a Canadian rugby union player. She competes for Canada internationally and for Saracens in the Premiership Women's Rugby competition.
| Date of birth | 9 July 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taylor's paternal grandmother was Mi’kmaq, and her maternal grandparents grew up in West Bay, Cape Breton, part of the We’koqma’q First Nations.[1]
Taylor played for Nova Scotia Keltics under-18, under-20, and senior teams.[1] She graduated from St. Francis Xavier with a Business Degree in 2015 and was also their star forward.[2][3] She played club rugby for Halifax RFC.[3][4] She joined Irving Shipbuilding after graduating from St. Francis Xavier.[5] She also completed her master's in project management at Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School in Dublin.[5]
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In June 2015, she made her test debut for Canada against the Black Ferns at the Super Series in Alberta.[2][1] She later moved to Ireland for three years before moving back to Canada in 2019.[4] She scored her first international try against the United States in the 2019 Can-Am Series.[1] In 2021, she signed with the Saracens.[6][1]
Taylor was part of the Canadian side that defeated the Wallaroos in the Pacific Four Series ahead of the World Cup.[4] She competed for Canada at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[7][8] She featured in the Pool games against Japan and Italy.[9][10] Her last World Cup match was in the third place final against France.[11]
In 2023, She was named in Canada's squad for their test against the Springbok women and for the Pacific Four Series.[12][13] She was named on the bench for Canada's match against South Africa in Madrid, Spain.[14][15] In July, she featured in her sides 21–52 loss to the Black Ferns at the Pacific Series in Ottawa.[16][17]
Taylor returned to Saracens for the 2023–24 Premiership Women's Rugby season.[18][19]
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