Laura Keates

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Laura Keates
Date of birth (1988-08-05) 5 August 1988 (age 33)
Place of birthAwali, Bahrain
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Worcester Warriors Women ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
 England
England U20
England U19		 49

Laura Keates (born 5 August 1988) is an English female rugby union player.

Keates debuted for England in 2011 and played at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup in France.[1][2] Keates captained the England Women's under 19 team in 2007.[3]

Keates studied zoology at Birmingham University (BSc Zoology 2010) and is studying dentistry at the same university [4][5][6]

She injured her Achilles while preparing for the 2017 World Cup, and didn't play again for England until the 25 - 23 win over France on 21 November 2020.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ intheloose.com (10 July 2014). "Street Names England Women's Rugby World Cup Squad". Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  2. ^ BBC Sport (31 July 2014). "Women's Rugby World Cup 2014: England trio set for debuts". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  3. ^ ESPN Scrum (RFUW) (22 March 2007). "Keates to lead England Under 19s". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2014-10-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2014-10-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ http://www.sport.bham.ac.uk/Search.aspx?q=Laura%20Keates
  7. ^ "Keates on dentistry and World Cup hopes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  8. ^ "Scarratt's penalty seals late England win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2020-11-23.

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