Heather Kerr

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Heather Kerr
Date of birth (1991-09-03) 3 September 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Ealing, England
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop, Hooker
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013 Darlington Mowden Park Sharks - (-)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015–present England 23 (30)

Heather Catharine Kerr (born 3 September 1991) is an English rugby union player. She debuted for England at the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship against Ireland. She was named in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad for England. [1] [2] [3]

Whiile attending Durham University Kerr was persuaded to try rugby out, before 2012 she had never played rugby but made her international debut less than three years later. [4] She holds a BSc degree in Geography and MSc in Risk and Environmental Hazards from Durham (St Mary's College) [5] and completed a Doctorate in Civil Engineering at the same institution in 2019. [6]

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