Jessica Breach

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Jessica Breach
Date of birth (1997-11-04) 4 November 1997 (age 26)
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Current team Saracens Women
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016–2017 Aylesford Bulls ()
2017–2022 Harlequins ()
2022– Saracens ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016–2017 England U20s
2017– England 33 (180)
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2015 England U18s
2017–2018 England

Jessica Frances Breach (born 4 November 1997) [1] is an England women's national rugby union team international who also plays for Saracens. [2]

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International career

Breach scored six tries on her international debut for England against Canada [3] and scored five more on her second cap. [4] Breach also played for England 7’s ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games [5] where she won a bronze medal. [1]

On February 10, 2019 Breach scored two tries as England ladies defeated France in the Six Nations Championship. [6]

In 2018, she moved to England Sevens. She won a bronze medal as part of the team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She also played at the World Cup Sevens in San Francisco. [2]

In January 2019, Breach returned to XVs and was awarded a full time contract with the England side. She played for the team in the 2019 Women's Six Nations Championship and topped the try-scoring charts for the tournament. [2]

She missed the 2019 Super Series due to an shoulder injury but returned for the Autumn. Following the 2020 Six Nations, Jess has scored 22 tries in 13 tests. [2]

She was named in the England squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup held in New Zealand in October and November 2022. [7]

Club career

Breach joined Aylesford Bulls Ladies in 2016, where she won a league and cup double before the club merged into Harlequins Women. She won the 2020–21 Premier 15s with Harlequins but missed the final due to an ankle injury. [8]

Early life and education

Breach grew up in Chichester. She started playing rugby at age six at Chichester RFC, she then joined pulborough RFC at age 14 and was national champion in her last year at the club. She won the European Sevens with England U18s in 2014 and 2015 and captained the talent development group side against Canada. [2]

At school, alongside rugby, Breach was also a keen athlete and competed in sprint hurdling at the English Schools Athletics Championships. She also played netball and hockey, and was a county-level gymnast. [9]

She was invited to England camps at the age of 16 and secured a spot in the England U18 training squad. [8]

In 2019, she enrolled at St Mary's University to study Sports Communication and Marketing. [9]

She is in a relationship with Harlequins player Archie White. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rugby Sevens | Athlete Profile: Jessica BREACH - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "RFU - England". RFU.
  3. ↑ "England's Jessica Breach scores six tries on debut in rout of Canada". 17 November 2017 – via www.theguardian.com.
  4. ↑ Jones, Stephen (19 November 2017). "Brilliant Breach walking on air" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Exclusive: England wing Jess Breach switches to sevens for Commonwealth Games and will miss Six Nations". www.telegraph.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Women's Six Nations: England score seven tries to thrash France 41-26". 10 February 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "Rugby World Cup: Sadia Kabeya and Morwenna Talling in England squad". BBC Sport .
  8. 1 2 Max. "Jess Breach". Women's Rugby Data : Number 1 for Women's Rugby. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  9. 1 2 world.rugby. "Jess Breach: England winger has eyes set on Rugby World Cup 2021 ｜ Rugby World Cup 2021". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  10. ↑ Rendell, Sarah (31 March 2021). "England's Jess Breach raring to put on Six Nations show for BBC audience | Sarah Rendell". the Guardian. Retrieved 26 May 2021.


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