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| Date of birth | 6 April 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Wishaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emma Orr (born 6 April 2003) [1] is a Scottish rugby player from Biggar who plays for the Scotland women's national rugby union team and the Scotland women's national rugby sevens team. Currently plays club rugby for Bristol Bears Women in the PWR.
Orr played for Biggar RFC, where her family are widely involved in the team. Her sister and brothers have also represented the club. [2] In 2022, she played in the Biggar team which won the National Plate. Post World Cup, Orr joined Heriots Blues Women who compete in the Scottish Premiership. [3]
Orr made her Scotland sevens debut at the age of 18 in the Rugby Europe Championship in Lisbon in June 2021, in which Scotland finished 5th. [4] Still aged 18, Orr made her Scotland women’s team debut against Wales during the 2022 Women’s Six Nations, winning three caps during the tournament. [5] She was selected to represent the Scotland women’s 7s team at the Toulouse leg of the World Sevens Series in May 2022 [6] and for the squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. In December 2022 she was awarded a professional contract by Scottish Rugby. [7]
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