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Emily Scarratt
Scoring sixteen points in England’s 2014 World Cup final victory.
World Cup final · World player award
- Born
- 8 February 1990
- Birthplace
- Leicester, United Kingdom
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Emily Scarratt
Emily Scarratt is an English centre and fullback whose running and goal-kicking made her a leading international points scorer.
Early life
Multiple sports
Played hockey, rounders and basketball as a child.
Basketball offer
Declined a United States basketball scholarship at sixteen.
Career
- 2008
England debut
Scored twelve tries in her first twelve internationals.
- 2014–2019
World and Olympic stages
Won a World Cup, captained Britain’s Olympic sevens team and became world player of the year.
- 2020s
Experienced international
Continued with England and Loughborough Lightning, reaching a fifth World Cup in 2025.
Achievements
World Cup final
Scored sixteen points against Canada as England won.
World player award
Was named World Rugby Women’s 15s Player of the Year.
Six Nations recognition
Won Player of the Championship.
Beyond rugby
Teaching
Worked as a PE assistant at King Edward’s School in Birmingham.
Podcast
Co-presented The Good, The Scaz, The Rugby.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Photo: Stefano Delfrate. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
