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Anna Davies is an amateur rugby league footballer who plays at a winger for Wigan Warriors and the England women's national rugby league team.
Davies had taken up athletics from a young age and was part of Nottingham Athletics Club, competing at U-15 and U-17 levels. At age 17, she stopped athletics after breaking her foot.
Her return to sport came in 2018 after graduating university with a sports science degree, playing rugby union with Bath in the reserves. After her first season, she was passed a trial for the GB Teachers rugby league team for a fixture against the Armed Forces in 2019.
Davies made her Wigan debut in 2021.
She finished the 2023 season as Wigan's higher try scorer with nine.
In June 2025, Davies scored at try in Wigan's 42–6 victory over St Helens in the 2025 Women's Challenge Cup final. [1] In September, she scored a try against the same opposition in the final round of regular season to lift the League Leaders' Shield; [2] and a month later, in the Super League Grand Final scored a brace in a player of the match performance to help her side be crowned season champions and complete the club's first treble, also against St Helens beating them 18–12. [3] [4]
Davies was called up to England's 2023 post season performance squad, and made her international debut in June 2024 against France, beating them 42–0 in a mid-season international, scoring a brace. [5] In November, Davies scored five in a post-season 82–0 thrashing of Wales. [6] Two good performances earned her a call up for England's 2025 pre-season game against Australia, [7] a game England lost 4–90. [8]
2025's mid-season origin game saw Davies scored for Lancashire, [9] before scoring a brace for England against Wales the following week. [10]