# England women's 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. 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 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

Head coach: James Bailey
| 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 | Jessica 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 |
* 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 |