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 competed in all four rounds of the inaugural IRB Women's Sevens World Series in 2012–13. England won the bronze medal at the 2018 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. England, representing Great Britain, won the 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens, thus qualifying for the 2020 Olympics.
Tournament history Rugby World Cup Sevens Rugby World Cup SevensYearRoundPosition 2009Plate Winners5th6510 2013Plate Finalists6th6330 2018Challenge Trophy Final9th4310 20227th-place Final8th4130Total0 Titles4/4201280
Commonwealth Games YearRoundPosition 2018Bronze medal match5320 20225th Place Playoff5th5320Total0 Titles2/210640
Rugby X Tournament Rugby X TournamentYearRoundPosition 2019Finals1st 2 2 0 0Total1 Title 1/12200
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
Head coach: James Bailey
PlayerDate of birth (age)Union / Club 1 BK Unattached 2 BK (c) Unattached 3 BK Unattached 4 FW Unattached 5 BK Unattached 6 FW Unattached 7 FW Unattached 8 FW Unattached 9 FW Unattached 10 BK 11 BK Unattached 12 FW Unattached
• 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:
+ 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: + RPA Player of the Year Year Winners 2018 Alex Matthews 2019 Alex Matthews (2) 2020 Meg Jones
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
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