Cara Hope

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Cara Hope
Date of birth (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 28)
Place of birthBangor, Wales
Height1.6 m (5.2 ft)
Weight88.18 kg (13.886 st)
SchoolYsgol David Hughes
UniversitySwansea University
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Occupation(s)Lecturer, rugby player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Gloucester Hartpury
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020–present Gloucester Hartpury
Caernarfon Ladies		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018–present Wales
Correct as of 11 May 2021

Cara Hope (born 24 November 1993) is a Welsh Rugby Union professional player who plays prop for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Gloucester Hartpury. She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2018 and represented them at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.[1]

Club career[]

Hope began playing rugby as a child with the Bangor RFC boys' team, before joining the newly-created Bangor RFC girls' team in 2007. In 2011 she moved to Caernarfon Ladies. She has also played for the Ospreys.[2]

Hope signed with her current club, Gloucester Hartpury, in 2020.[3]

International career[]

Cara earned her first cap in the 2018 Women’s Six Nations as a second half replacement in Wales’ third round defeat to Ireland at Donnybrook. She represented Wales at each subsequent Six Nations Championship.[1]

Hope has won 12 caps in her career to date.[1]

Personal life[]

Born in Bangor, Hope attended Ysgol Gynradd Llandegfan and Ysgol David Hughes before joining Cardiff Metropolitan University, where she graduated with an undergraduate degree in sports and exercise science in 2015. In 2018, she graduated from Swansea University with a research-based master's degree in professional practice in healthcare.[4]

Since 2018, Hope has been a part-time lecturer at Gower College Swansea.[5]

Her mother, Professor Sian Hope OBE, was appointed High Sheriff of Gwynedd in 2017.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Cara Hope". Welsh Rugby Union | Wales & Regions. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  2. ^ "14 Ospreys Women selected for Six Nations | Ospreys". www.ospreysrugby.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  3. ^ "Wales' Hope joins Gloucester-Hartpury Women". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  4. ^ Hope, Cara. "Education". LinkedIn. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  5. ^ Hope, Cara. "Experience". LinkedIn. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Colourful ceremony to appoint new high sheriff". Cambrian News. Retrieved 2021-05-11.

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