England women's national rugby sevens team

For the men's team, see England national rugby sevens team.

The English women's national rugby sevens team has competed in the Hong Kong Women's Sevens tournaments since 1997. England are also one of six teams announced by the International Rugby Board as "core teams" that will compete in all four rounds of the inaugural IRB Women's Sevens World Series in 2012–13.^[1] England won the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[2]

England

Union	Rugby Football Union
Emblem(s)	Red Rose
Coach(es)	Simon Middleton
Captain(s)	Michaela Staniford
Team kit Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	2 (First in 2009)
Best result	5th place, 2009

Team England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

At the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens they lost to Ireland in the opening game of the tournament and were knocked out of the Championship Cup. They defeated Japan to win the Challenge Trophy Final and placed ninth overall.^[3] England, representing Great Britain, won the 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens, thus qualifying for the 2020 Olympics.^[4]

Tournament history

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2009	Plate Winners	5th	6	5	1	0
2013	Plate Finalists	6th	6	3	3	0
2018	Challenge Trophy Final	9th	4	3	1	0
2022	7th-place Final	8th	4	1	3	0
Total	0 Titles	4/4	20	12	8	0

Commonwealth Games

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2018	Bronze medal match		5	3	2	0
2022	5th Place Playoff	5th	5	3	2	0
Total	0 Titles	2/2	10	6	4	0

Rugby X Tournament

Rugby X Tournament
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2019	Finals	1st	2	2	0	0
Total	1 Title	1/1	2	2	0	0

Honours

• Hong Kong Women's Sevens 2001 Cup Semi Finals
• Hong Kong Women's Sevens 2003 Cup Final
• Hong Kong Women's Sevens 2012 Cup Final
• 2019 Rugby X Tournament champions

Players

Previous squads

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Union / Club
1	BK	Claire Allan	(1985-05-07)May 7, 1985 (aged 33)	Unattached
2	BK	Abbie Brown (c)	(1996-04-10)April 10, 1996 (aged 22)	Unattached
3	BK	Sarah McKenna	(1989-03-23)March 23, 1989 (aged 29)	Unattached
4	FW	Emily Scarratt	(1990-02-08)February 8, 1990 (aged 28)	Unattached
5	BK	Natasha Hunt	(1989-03-21)March 21, 1989 (aged 29)	Unattached
6	FW	Deborah Fleming	(1991-06-10)June 10, 1991 (aged 27)	Unattached
7	FW	Heather Fisher	(1984-06-13)June 13, 1984 (aged 34)	Unattached
8	FW	Victoria Fleetwood	(1990-04-13)April 13, 1990 (aged 28)	Unattached
9	FW	Alex Matthews	(1993-08-03)August 3, 1993 (aged 24)	Unattached
10	BK	Jess Breach	(1997-11-04)November 4, 1997 (aged 20)	Harlequins
11	BK	Holly Aitchison	(1997-09-13)September 13, 1997 (aged 20)	Unattached
12	FW	Amy Wilson-Hardy	(1991-09-13)September 13, 1991 (aged 26)	Unattached

Squad to the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens^[5]

Head coach: James Bailey

Squad to IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup - 2012 London Sevens^[7]

• Rachael Burford • Heather Fisher • Sonia Green • Natasha Hunt • Sarah McKenna • Katherine Merchant • Isabelle Noel-Smith • Alice Richardson • Emily Scarratt • Michaela Staniford (C) • Joanne Watmore • Kay Wilson

Award winners

World Rugby Awards

The following England Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:^[9]

World Rugby Women's 7s Player of the Year Year Nominees Winners 2016 Emily Scarratt —

Rugby Players' Association Player of the Year

The following players have been voted as the RPA England 7s Player of the Year since 2018:^[10]

RPA Player of the Year

Year	Winners	Ref
2018	Alex Matthews	[11]
2019	Alex Matthews (2)	[12]
2020	Meg Jones	[13]

World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

2012–13 - 2nd 2013–14 - 4th

2014–15 - 4th 2015–16 - 4th

2016–17 - 8th

See also

• England women's national rugby union team