Kate Eaves

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Kate Eaves
Date of birth (1968-05-06) 6 May 1968 (age 54)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1988–? Wasps Ladies (0)
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1988–?Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 17

Kate Eaves (born 6 May 1968) is a former Welsh rugby union player. She represented Wales at the 1991 and 1994 Rugby World Cup's.

Biography

Eaves began playing for the Wasps Ladies in 1988 and captained them between 1988 and 1991. [1] [2] In 1993 she scored two tries in a test match against Scotland and helped her side win 23–0. [3] At the 1994 World Cup, Eaves scored a brace of tries against Kazakhstan in the pool stages to help her side make a comeback from an 8–6 half-time deficit to win 29–8. [4]

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