Ellie Miles

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Ellie Miles
Date of birth (1999-02-07) 7 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Royal Tunbridge Wells, England
School Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Harlequins Ladies
Youth career
2014   2017 Tunbridge Wells
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017– Harlequins ()

Ellie Miles (born 7 February 1999) [1] is a women's rugby union player from Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England who plays for Harlequins Ladies [2] in the Premier 15s [3] as a scrum-half or wing. [4] [5] She started her career at her hometown club Tunbridge Wells RFC and helped coach rugby at her school, Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School before joining Harlequins Ladies. [6] She has been noted as an up-and-coming female rugby player. [7]

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Career

Miles first started playing rugby union at Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School.[ citation needed ] She then joined Tunbridge Wells RFC, for whom her father had played as captain and coach, [8] when they first set up their girls' youth team in 2014. [9] [10] [11] She eventually became the captain of Tunbridge Wells under-18s and used her position to help run and coach the rugby club at her school. [6] Later in that year, she was called up by the Kent Rugby Football Union to represent Kent under-18 Ladies and from there went to play for the London and South East under 18 Ladies team in both rugby union and rugby sevens. [10] She also represented England South East in the rugby sevens competition at the School Games in 2016 at Loughborough University [12] as well as in the national Division Series. [13]

In 2016, she joined Women's Premiership club Aylesford Bulls Ladies and captained Kent U18s again but was injured before being selected for London and South-East trials. [1] She remained with Aylesford during their rebrand as Harlequins Ladies for the first Premier 15s season. [14] After starting the season playing for Harlequins Ladies II [5] she made her debut against Worcester Valkyries as a substitute. [14] Miles made her first Harlequins start in December against Waterloo Ladies, where she scored a try. [15] In 2016, Miles was honoured by the Tunbridge Wells government. [16] [17]

Personal life

In 2016, Miles was nominated for her rugby volunteering work for a Tunbridge Wells Borough Council civic award for sports achievement. [18]

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  5. 1 2 "Lichfield Ladies 6 – 19 Harlequins Ladies II". Lichfield RUFC. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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  12. ↑ "2016 School Games Rugby Sevens Squads Announced –". Schoolgamesfinals.org. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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  14. 1 2 "Harlequins Ladies make four changes to team to face Worcester Valkyries". Harlequins. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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