Emily Lane

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Emily Lane
Date of birth (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Cork,Ireland
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+12 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum half
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Mallow
Ballincollig
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Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016
2020
Munster
Blackrock College
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International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020–present Ireland 3 (0)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2018- Ireland 7s 42

Emily Lane (born 10 January 1999) is an Irish rugby player from Cork. She plays for Blackrock College RFC, Munster Rugby and the Ireland women's national rugby union team and the Ireland women's rugby sevens team.

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Club career

Lane first played rugby underage with Mallow RFC, a club that has also produced Ireland international Anna Caplice. She played for Ballincollig for one year while at UCC but moved to Dublin then where the Irish Sevens squad is based.

She joined All-Ireland League side Blackrock College RFC in 2020 but, up to then, most of her playing career, from 2018 to 2020 was in Sevens rugby as she got a sevens development contract with the Irish Rugby Football Union in 2018. [1]

International career

Lane impressed for the Munster Under-18s where she was in the same cohort as Irish teammate Enya Breen.[ citation needed ]

She got a professional development contract with the Ireland national women's sevens rugby team in late 2018 and made her debut in the Kazan in late 2018.[ citation needed ]

A senior sevens international since August 2018 she debuted for Ireland in a Rugby Europe tournament in Kazan, Russia in 2018 and has played on the World Rugby Sevens Series since.[ citation needed ]

Lane was part of the side that claimed fourth spot at the Sydney Sevens in 2019, their best finish to date on the World Series. [2] She is amassed 42 international Sevens caps. [3]

The cancellation of the World Sevens Series in 2020 due to Coronavirus gave her more opportunities at the 15s game. [4]

She was one of five uncapped Sevens players selected for the Irish women's XVs for the 2021 Women's Six Nations where she was a replacement for Kathryn Dane in all three games - against Wales, France and Italy. [5]

She represented Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [6] [7]

Personal life

Lane is a biochemistry student at Trinity College Dublin. She shares a house with several rugby players, including international teammate Dorothy Wall.

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References

  1. Kelly, Niall. "IRFU announce 11 full-time contracts as Women's Sevens team begin Olympic campaign". The42. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. Gallagher, Aaron. "Ireland Rugby 7s make history in Sydney with fourth place finish at World Series". The42. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  3. "Mallow rugby ace is confident Ireland sevens team can kick up the gears". echo live. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. "Mallow's Emily Lane ready to grab her Ireland chance in Six Nations". echo live. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  5. "Five uncapped Sevens players named in Ireland squad for Women's Six Nations". The Irish Times. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  6. "Ireland - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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