| Date of birth | 11 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | South Molton, Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (11 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emma Elisbath J. Sing (born 11 March 2001) [1] is an English rugby player who plays for the England women's national rugby union team and Gloucester-Hartpury at club level. [2] She made her senior international debut for England in 2022. [2] [3]
Sing began playing for Gloucester-Hartpury during the 2018–19 season. [2] She was a member of the Gloucester-Hartpury team that won the 2022-23 Premier 15s, [4] [5] 2023–24 Premiership Women's Rugby [6] and 2024–25 Premiership Women's Rugby titles. [7]
Sing made her England debut against Scotland in March 2022. [2] [3] She scored her first international try against Italy during the 2022 Six Nations. [8] [9] Although involved in the wider training squad ahead of the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup, she was not selected as part of the team that travelled to New Zealand. [10]
Her first start for the national team was against Wales in April 2023, having been named as part of the squad for the 2023 Six Nations tournament. [2] [11] [12]
Sing was called up to the England squad as an injury replacement for the 2023 WXV tournament by interim head coach Louis Deacon on 8 October 2023. [13] [14]
On 17 March 2025, she was called up into the Red Roses side for the Six Nations Championship. [15] [16]
In July 2025, England head coach John Mitchell named her in the side for the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup. [17] [18] She was named in the squad to face Spain in a World Cup warm-up. [19]
Sing started playing rugby at the age of 6 and played for both South Molton and Crediton at U13 and U15s level before joining Hartpury College at the age of 16. [20] She represented Devon U15s and U18s as a teenager. She grew up on a family farm in Devon. [8]
As of 2023, she is studying Bioveterinary science at Hartpury University and intends to become a vet. [21]