| Date of birth | 5 June 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Salisbury, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.7 m (5.6 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (15.0 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Carpenter, rugby player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Donna Rose (born 5 June 1991) is a Welsh Rugby Union player who plays prop for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Saracens. She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2021 and represented them at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship. [1]
Growing up in Hampshire, Rose began playing rugby as a teenager, first as a winger for Ellingham & Ringwood RFC under-18s, and later in the back-row for Trojans, for which she made 153 appearances. [2]
After captaining the team for five years, she was approached by then-coach Alex Austerberry to play for Saracens. [2] She signed with the team as prop in 2019. [3]
A Welsh grandfather enabled Rose to join the Wales national squad. [2] She made her debut in the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship in a match against France. [4]
Rose has won nine caps in her rugby career to date. [1] She was selected in Wales squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [5] [6]
A trained chef, Rose now works full time as a carpenter with a housing association. [2]
She has been outspoken about her experiences of living with borderline personality disorder (BPD), saying in an interview that she wants to use her platform "to show others that you can live a good life with BPD". [4] She has spoken out against discrimination she has faced for her Traveller background. [7] Rose is an ambassador for rugby-focused mental health charity Brave Mind, and for Rugby Against Cancer. [4]
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