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| Date of birth | 13 May 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Frimley, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ellie Boatman (born 13 May 1997) is an English rugby union player who plays for Ealing Trailfinders in Premiership Women's Rugby and the Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team, having also played for England sevens.
Boatman started playing rugby aged four in Camberley. From the age of 11 she played junior rugby for London Irish, and after a brief hiatus from the sport, began playing again at the University of Southampton and for a local Hampshire side Trojans RFC. Boatman joined Wasps in 2020 following spells with Saracens and Richmond. International recognition with the England sevens followed and she was England’s highest try scorer in the Malaga and Seville sevens with nine tries. [1] [2] [3] Boatman featured for Harlequins Women in the 2022-23 Premier 15s season. [4]
Boatman left Harlequins to join Ealing Trailfinders Women prior to the 2023-24 Premiership Women's Rugby season. [5] Boatman signed a new contract with Ealing Trailfinders in June 2025. [6]
Boatman was selected to play for England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in rugby sevens. [7] She was named in the England squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022. [8] She was selected to be member of the GB sevens squad for the 2023 European Games. [9] Great Britain won a gold medal at the event and sealed qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games. [10] In June 2024, she was named in the British sevens squad for the Olympic Games in Paris. [11] The team finished seventh. [12]
She was named in the Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team for the 2024-25 SVNS series which began at the Dubai Sevens on 30 November 2024. [13]
