Ellena Perry

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Ellena Perry
Date of birth (1997-04-12) 12 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Welwyn Garden City, England
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Gloucester-Hartpury Women
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015–2019 Saracens ()
2019– Gloucester-Hartpury ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018– England 11 (0)

Ellena Lucy Perry (born 12 April 1997, Welwyn Garden City) is an English rugby union player. She represents England women's national rugby union team internationally and plays for Gloucester-Hartpury Women domestically. [1]

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Early and personal life

Perry was born in Welwyn Garden City in 1997. Her mother Jan and father Paul used to take her to play at Hertford RFC from the age of 6. Perry attended The John Warner School and won the School Games in 2015 with the south east sevens rugby team.

She completed A-levels in physical education, psychology, business studies and biology at Hartpury College before studying sports science at the University of Coventry. [2] [3]

Club career

Perry made her Saracens Women debut in 2015, a week after tuning 18 and was still 18 when she played in the 2016 Premiership final for Saracens. In 2019 Perry switched to Gloucester-Hartpury Women, just before the start of the 2019-20 Premier 15s season. [4]

International career

Perry made her England debut as a loose head prop in 2018, during the 2018 Quilter Internationals. She played in all three games. [1]

In December 2020, she was called up to the England squad to play against France, a game that England won 25–23. [5] [6] She missed several fixtures in 2019-2020 due to injury. [7]

In 2021 she was named an invitational player for England in the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.

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References

  1. 1 2 "RFU". www.englandrugby.com.
  2. ↑ "Ellena Perry". www.ultimaterugby.com.
  3. ↑ "Ellena Perry". Hartpury University and Hartpury College. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  4. ↑ "England's Ellena enjoying fresh start with Gloucester-Hartpury". Gloucester Rugby.
  5. ↑ "England's Ellena enjoying fresh start with Gloucester-Hartpury". Gloucester Rugby. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  6. ↑ "England Women 31-player training squad: Natasha Hunt, Ellena Perry could face France". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  7. ↑ "Hunter to lead England in Six Nations". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
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