Emily Rudge

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Emily Rudge
Personal information
Full nameEmily Kate Rudge
Born (1991-11-11) 11 November 1991 (age 32)
Warrington, England
Playing information
Position Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2013–14Thatto Heath Crusaders
2015 Featherstone Rovers
2016–17Thatto Heath Crusaders
2018– St Helens 27150060
Total27150060
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2008– England 29150060
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Emily Rudge is a British rugby league player who plays for St Helens Women in the Women's Super League. She plays at second-row. [1] Born in Warrington Rudge attended Cardinal Newman High School [2] and first played rugby league for a local Warrington club before joining Thatto Heath Crusaders. While at Warrington she was first selected for the England women's national rugby league team in 2008, aged 16. [3] [4] In 2011, Rudge was in the Warrington team that won the Championship Final of the Women's Rugby League Conference in August, [5] before joining for Featherstone Rovers for the interim season before the launch of the first summer-based season. [6] [7]

In 2014, Rudge scored tries for Thatto Heath in their 32–24 Challenge Cup final and Premier Division 36–14 play-off final wins over the Bradford Thunderbirds. [8] [9] In June 2015, while at back at Featherstone Rovers, Rudge was part of the England team that played a two-match series against France. [10] [11] Rudge was part of the Featherstone team that reached the 2015 Championship final, losing 18–12 to Thatto Heath. [12] The following season she returned to Thatto Heath and scored twice in their 62–6 Challenge Cup final win over the Leigh Miners Rangers, [13] and once in their Grand Final win over the Bradford Bulls. [14]

At the end of the 2018 season Rudge was named captain of the England team for the test match against France and in 2019 was named as England captain for the World 9s tournament in Australia in October 2019 and also the two-match test series against Papua New Guinea in November 2019. [15] [16] In the first test match against Papua New Guinea on 9 November 2019 Rudge became the first England player to score four tries in a test match as England won 24–10. [17]

Rudge was one of the three nominees for the 2019 Telegraph Woman of Steel award but lost out to Leeds' Courtney Hill. [2] [18]

In March 2023, Rudge stepped down from her role as England captain and was succeeded by Jodie Cunningham. [19] [20]

Away from rugby Rudge is a PE teacher at a high school in St Helens. [21] Rudge is married to Gemma Walsh who also played in the Women's Super League for St Helens' rivals Wigan Warriors Women. [4]

Test match appearances

With her appearance in the October 2021 test match against France, Rudge equalled the record for most test match caps, 24, for England women's national rugby league team. [22]

CapDateOpponentTries
110 Nov 2008Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
212 Nov 2008Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
318 Jul 2009Flag of France.svg  France 1
425 Jul 2009Flag of France.svg  France 1
52 Jul 2011Flag of France.svg  France 2
66 Jul 2011Flag of France.svg  France
715 Jun 2012Flag of France.svg  France 2
85 Jul 2013Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
98 Jul 2013Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
1011 Jul 2013Flag of France.svg  France
1113 Jul 2013Flag of France.svg  France
1217 Jun 2015Flag of France.svg  France
1320 Jun 2015Flag of France.svg  France
1422 Oct 2016Flag of France.svg  France
1521 Jun 2017Flag of France.svg  France
1616 Nov 2017Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
1719 Nov 2017Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
1822 Nov 2017Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
1926 Nov 2017Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
2027 Oct 2018Flag of France.svg  France
219 Nov 2019Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 4
2216 Nov 2019Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1
2325 Jun 2021Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 2
2423 Oct 2021Flag of France.svg  France 2

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