Emma Uren

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Emma Uren
Emma Uren at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.jpg
Emma Uren at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Date of birth (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 26)
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Rugby union career
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Saracens Women ()
2023- Trailfinders Women ()
National sevens teams
YearsTeamComps
2019–Flag of England.svg  England
2021–Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Correct as of 01 August 2021
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team competition

Emma Uren (born 1 October 1997) is an English rugby union player who plays for Trailfinders Women in Premiership Women's Rugby.

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Career

Born in Chiswick and brought up in Twickenham, she first played for Richmond Borough, winning the London Youth Games aged 11. At Orleans Park School, she played rugby league before taking up union at 16 for Grasshoppers RFC in Isleworth. Uren was further educated at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, studying Strength and Conditioning Sciences. She split her final year of studies into two to take up a contract with the England women's national rugby sevens team. She captained England U20s to their first ever victory against France in France in March 2018 and played a number of Tyrrells Premier 15s games for season champions Saracens Ladies. [1] She signed for Trailfinders Women ahead of the 2023/24 Premiership Women's Rugby Season. [2]

In June 2021 she was confirmed in the Great Britain Rugby Sevens squad for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. [3] She was named in the England squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022. [4] She was a selected as a member of the GB sevens squad for the 2023 European Games. [5] Great Britain won a gold medal at the event and sealed qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games. [6] In June 2024, she was named in the British squad for the Olympic Games. [7] The team finished seventh. [8]

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