Sarah Hunter

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Sarah Hunter
Sarah Hunter trying England v Italy (cropped).jpg
Hunter scoring a try
Date of birth (1985-09-19) 19 September 1985 (age 36)
Place of birthNorth Shields, Tyne & Wear, England
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight80 kg (12 st 8 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose Forward
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004–2015
2015–2017
2017–present		 Lichfield Ladies
Bristol Ladies
Loughborough Lightning		 - -
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007–present  England 130 (150)

Sarah Alice Hunter, MBE (born 19 September 1985) is an English rugby union player. She has represented England since the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup and currently captains the team.[1]

International career[]

Hunter made her England debut in 2007.[2] She had trained as a centre but joined the England squad as a back row player after coach Phil Forsyth moved her at Under-19s trials.[3] She led the England team to win the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup and won her hundredth cap in November 2017 as England played Canada in the semi-finals of the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. As of April 2021, Hunter is the second most capped England Player of all time.[4]

In November 2020, Hunter was unable to play in the team's postponed 2020 Six Nations game due to a hamstring injury. She had also injured a nerve in her neck in October 2020, which took doctors five months to fully diagnose and left her unsure of whether she would be able to return to professional rugby.[5] After 13 months off, Hunter returned to the international pitch in April 2021 as England beat Italy in the second round of the 2021 Women's Six Nations.[6]

Club career[]

At 15, Hunter joined the Lichfield Ladies. She moved to Bristol Ladies in 2015 and joined Loughborough Lightning in 2017, where she continues to play.[7]

Early life[]

Hunter was born in North Shields in 1985. She began playing rugby league as a 9-year-old at Goathland Primary School, playing for the Longbenton and Gateshead Panthers. She studied Sports Science and Mathematics at Loughborough University.[8] She went on to work for the RFU as University Rugby Development Office for the South West.

Honours[]

Hunter was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to rugby.[9][10]

She was named World Rugby Women's Player of the Year in 2016.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hunter returns to captain England". Loughborough University. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  2. ^ "Hunter to win 100th cap for England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  3. ^ "Sarah Hunter's journey to the top". The Telegraph. 2019-08-16. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  4. ^ "RFU". www.englandrugby.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  5. ^ "'I struggled to tie my shoelaces'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  6. ^ April 2021, Frank Nickson Sunday 11. "Match Centre: Italy Women 3-67 England Women". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  7. ^ "Who Is Sarah Hunter, Captain Of The Red Roses? | Rugby Speakers". rugbyspeakersuk.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  8. ^ "RFU". www.englandrugby.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  9. ^ "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N20.
  10. ^ 2015 New Year Honours List
  11. ^ "RFU". www.englandrugby.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.

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