Abbie Fleming

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Abbie Fleming
Date of birth (1996-03-31) 31 March 1996 (age 25)
Place of birthExeter, England
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Occupation(s)Physiotherapist, rugby player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker / Lock
Current team Exeter Chiefs Women
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Llandaff North ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Cardiff Blues ()
2020– Exeter Chiefs ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019– Wales 3

Abbie Fleming (born 31 March 1996) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays flanker for the Wales women's national rugby union team and lock for Exeter Chiefs.[1] She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2019[2] and represented them at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.[3]

Club career[]

Fleming began playing rugby at the age of 12. Following a move to Wales from her hometown of Exeter she played for Llandaff North RFC and then Cardiff Blues in Welsh regional rugby,[2] captaining the side in summer 2019.[4]

She joined Exeter Chiefs in 2020.[2]

International career[]

Fleming won her first cap against Spain in the 2019 Autumn Internationals[2] and subsequently represented Wales at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.[3]

She has also played against the Barbarians at the Principality Stadium.[2]

Fleming has won three caps in her rugby career to date.[1]

Personal life[]

Fleming was temporarily unable to play rugby following an ACL reconstruction procedure in April 2019.[4]

Outside of rugby, Fleming is a qualified community and hospital physiotherapist in Bridgend, South Wales.[2] During the COVID-19 pandemic she was on the NHS frontline working as part of the respiratory on-call rota at Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Abbie Fleming". Welsh Rugby Union | Wales & Regions. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Abbie Fleming". www.exeterchiefs.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  3. ^ a b World, Rugby (2021-04-22). "Wales Women's Six Nations Squad 2021 – Scotland 27-20 Wales". Rugby World. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  4. ^ a b www.uprisevsi.co.uk, upriseVSI. "Inspirational Cardiff Blues women stars on the front line of battle against Covid-19". upriseVSI. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  5. ^ James, Ben (2020-04-08). "Four Wales Women rugby players join NHS frontline fight". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2021-06-10.

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