Abbie Fleming
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Date of birth | 31 March 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Exeter, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Physiotherapist, rugby player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[]
- ^ a b "Abbie Fleming". Welsh Rugby Union | Wales & Regions. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ a b c d e f "Abbie Fleming". www.exeterchiefs.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ a b World, Rugby (2021-04-22). "Wales Women's Six Nations Squad 2021 – Scotland 27-20 Wales". Rugby World. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ 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.
- ^ James, Ben (2020-04-08). "Four Wales Women rugby players join NHS frontline fight". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
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- Living people
- 1996 births