Date of birth | 11 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | South Molton, Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (11 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emma Elisbath J. Sing (born 11 March 2001)[1] is an English rugby player who plays for the England women’s national rugby union team and Gloucester-Hartpury Women at club level. [2] She made her senior international debut for England in 2022.[2][3]
Sing made her England debut against Scotland in March 2022.[2][3] She scored her first international try against Italy during the 2022 Six Nations.[4][5] Although involved in the wider training squad ahead of the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup, she was not selected as part of the team that travelled to New Zealand.[6]
Her first start for the national team was against Wales in April 2023, having been named as part of the squad for the 2023 Six Nations tournament.[2][7][8]
Sing was called up to the England squad as an injury replacement for the 2023 WXV tournament by interim head coach Louis Deacon on 8 October 2023.[9][10]
Sing began playing for Gloucester-Hartpury during the 2018–19 season.[2] She was a member of the Gloucester-Hartpury team that won the 2022-23 Premier 15s title.[11][12]
Sing started playing rugby at the age of 6 and played for both South Molton and Crediton at U13 and U15s level before joining Hartpury College at the age of 16.[13] She represented Devon U15s and U18s as a teenager.
She grew up on a family farm in Devon.[4]
As of 2023, she is studying Bioveterinary science at Hartpury University and intends to become a vet.[14]