Emma Wassell

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Emma Wassell
Date of birth (1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 (age 27)
Place of birthAberdeen, Scotland
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight78.3 kg (173 lb; 12 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–present Corstorphine Cougars RFC ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–present  Scotland 47 20

Emma Wassell (born 28 December 1994) is a Scottish rugby union player from Aberdeen. She made her debut for Scotland's national team in the opening Six Nations match of 2014 and has played in every subsequent national match, including the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.[1]

Club career[]

Wassell currently plays for capital side, Corstorphine Cougars RFC, in the Tennent's Premiership. Her first team was Edinburgh's Murrayfield Wanderers, who encouraged her to try for the Scotland U20 team.

International career[]

Wassell debuted for the Scottish national team in 2014 in the opening Six Nations match against Ireland and has played in every subsequent national match, totalling 44 consecutive international appearances, ahead of the resumption of the Women's Six Nations in April 2021.[2]

Despite scoring in the Women's Six Nations 2021 match against Italy, the team were defeated, as the visiting side triumphed with a 41–20 win.[3]

She was a member of Scotland Women U19 7s squad in 2013, and also played in the Scotland U20 side, which beat Finland earlier that year.

In the 2017 Women's Six Nations, Scotland's defeat of Wales proved a career highlight for Wassell.[4]

Personal life[]

Emma Clare Wassell first took up rugby at school when she was 15 and progressed through Scotland Women U18s pathway until 2012. Prior to this, she was a keen gymnast but chose to try rugby for a chance to play a team sport, when the coach of Ellon Rugby Club came to the school looking for new players.[5] In an interview for Scottish Rugby, she describes how her father had played for the club before her, although he died before Wassell entered the sport.[4]

She studied accountancy and finance at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University, giving her a chance to join her first team, Murrayfield Wanderers in Edinburgh.

She works as a full-time auditor with the firm Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP in Aberdeen. She is currently combining her rugby career with her studies for her chartered accountancy exams. In sports and regional media, she has commented on balancing a professional career in accountancy with a future in women's rugby.[5] In an interview with The Scotsman she gave in April 2021, she describes the intensity of her schedule of balancing rubgy and work.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ World, Rugby (2020-03-07). "Emma Wassell: The Scotland player who hasn't missed a Test in six years". Rugby World. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  2. ^ "In the spotlight: Scotland lock Emma Wassell". Six Nations Rugby. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  3. ^ "Italy thrash Scotland in Six Nations". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  4. ^ a b "Emma Wassell | Moments That Made Me". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  5. ^ a b Scotland Women | Emma Wassell, retrieved 2021-04-19
  6. ^ "Early starts, late finishes and using annual leave for training camps: Emma Wassell goes the extra mile for Scotland". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2021-04-19.

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