Elinor Snowsill

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Elinor Snowsill
Date of birth (1989-06-27) 27 June 1989 (age 32)
Place of birthAscot, Berkshire
Height1.66 m (5.4 ft)
Weight62 kg (9.8 st)
UniversityLoughborough University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Current team Bristol Bears
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Newport Gwent Dragons ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–present Wales 60
Correct as of 2 January 2018
Official website
Official website

Elinor Snowsill (born 27 June 1989) is a Welsh Rugby Union player. She plays fly-half for Bristol Bears and for Wales, and represented the nation at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.

Club career[]

Snowsill began her rugby career with Cardiff Harlequins, playing two matches for the club on the wing. She later played for Newport Gwent Dragons before moving to Bristol Bears.

International career[]

Snowsill captained the Wales women's national under-20 rugby union team, before making her debut as a fly-half for the senior team in 2009 against Sweden. She has since earned 58 caps.

In April 2019, she played for British invitational rugby union club The Barbarians against the USA – a match she said at the time was "the best rugby experience I’ve ever had."[1]

Snowsill became known on social media, alongside fellow Bristol Bears player Amber Reed, for a viral video showing a training ground routine involving a complicated trick shot.[2]

Personal life[]

Born in Ascot, England to a Welsh mother and English father, Snowsill and her family relocated to Cardiff when she was seven.

As a youngster she excelled at football and represented Wales at age-grade level, only picking up a rugby ball aged 15 when a teacher at her school organised a girls’ touch team. At the relatively late age of 19, Snowsill made the decision to focus exclusively on rugby.

She graduated from Loughborough University in 2010 with a 2:1 degree in psychology, and in 2014 graduated from Cardiff University with a distinction in PCGE psychology. Also in 2014, Snowsill launched her own healthy food company, Onest Food, alongside her rugby career.[3]

Snowsill has always been involved in social and charitable work, previously working as a learning support officer, and since 2017 acting as mentor and coach at The School of Hard Knocks, an organisation that uses sport in secondary schools to tackle unemployment, crime and poor health.

She is also an active LGBTQ+ advocate, and has been outspoken on issues of diversity in rugby.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ world.rugby. "Wales and Bristol Bears' Elinor Snowsill on life as a gay woman in rugby ｜ Rugby World Cup 2021". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  2. ^ Woolford, Anthony (2016-10-13). "Welsh woman outshines England rugby stars with brilliant trick". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  3. ^ Rucker, Rugby (2020-03-02). "LIST | A look at the day jobs of female rugby stars". Ruck. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  4. ^ world.rugby. "Wales and Bristol Bears' Elinor Snowsill on life as a gay woman in rugby ｜ Rugby World Cup 2021". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2021-04-22.

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