Lisa Neumann

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Lisa Neumann
Date of birth (1993-12-23) 23 December 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Swansea, South Wales
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight71.82 kg (11 st 4.3 lb)
School Ysgol Dewi Sant
University University of Manchester
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Current team Harlequins
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Haverfordwest RFC ()
2018-2020 RGC 1404 ()
2018-2020 Firwood Waterloo Ladies ()
2020-2022 Sale Sharks 31 (45)
2022-2024 Gloucester-Hartpury 13 (15)
2024-present Harlequins ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018–present Wales 36 (5)
Correct as of 7 September 2023

Lisa Neumann (born 23 December 1993) is a Welsh Rugby Union player who plays wing for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Harlequins. Neumann made her international debut in 2018, and represented the Wales squad at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship. [1]

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Club career

Neumann began playing rugby as a child, first at Croesgoch Primary and then at Ysgol Dewi Sant. After playing for the Haverfordwest girls' team, she moved to Haverfordwest Ladies in 2016. [2]

She then went on to play for the Scarlets [3] and Firwood Waterloo Ladies, before signing with Sale Sharks, in 2020. [4]

She has also played at a regional level for Rygbi Gogledd Cymru (RGC), the regional representative team for the North Wales Rugby Development Region. [4]

Neumann joined Sale Sharks in September 2022 and scored 9 tries over a season and a half. She was the Sale Sharks top try scorer in her final season at the club. [4] [5]

After moving to Gloucester-Hartpury in February 2022 Lisa featured regularly on the wing. On 24th June 2023, Neumann sealed victory for Gloucester-Hartpury, with a try 6 minutes from the end, over Exeter Chiefs in the Premier 15s Final. [6]

On 8th February 2024 Gloucester-Hartpury announced she was leaving the team to join Harlequins. [7]

International career

Neumann made her international debut with RGC in 2018, in a match against Scotland. [1] Also in 2018, she made her first start for the Wales women's squad in a Six Nations Championship match against Ireland. [8] She then went on to play in every fixture in the 2020 Women's Six Nations Championship prior to the final match being postponed. [4]

During the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship, Neumann scored Wales' first try of the tournament against Scotland. [9]

Neumann has won 22 caps during her rugby career to date. [1] She was selected in Wales squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [10] [11]

Personal life

Born in Swansea, Neumann attended Croesgoch Primary and Ysgol Dewi Sant before moving to the University of Manchester, where she graduated in 2016 with a first-class honours degree in biomedical science. [2] [12]

Prior to completing her studies, Neumann worked for the RNLI as a senior beach lifeguard. In 2018, she moved to the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre Clinical Trials Unit (MAHSC-CTU), hosted by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester to begin a role as clinical trials data manager. From February 2019 until June 2021, she worked as a senior clinical trials data manager in the academic Clinical Trials Unit at Manchester University before turning professional as a rugby player. [13]

Honours

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lisa Neumann". Welsh Rugby Union | Wales & Regions. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  2. 1 2 "It is all systems go for Lisa in rugby". www.pembrokeshiresport.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  3. ↑ "Lisa Neumann . . . The Shark Who Makes Sure Wales Women Carry Some Bite". Dai Sport. 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Sale Sharks Women sign Welsh Wing Lisa Neumann". Sale Sharks. 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  5. ↑ "Lisa Neumann Departs Sale Sharks Women". Sale Sharks . Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Gloucester-Hartpury defeat Exeter to win first Premier 15s title". The Independent . 24 June 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Lisa Neumann to join Harlequins". Gloucester-Hartpury . 2024-02-08. Archived from the original on 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  8. ↑ "Single change for Wales v Ireland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  9. ↑ "Scotland 27-20 Wales". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  10. ↑ Jones, Liz (2022-09-21). "Wales Rugby World Cup squad named". Welsh Rugby Union. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  11. ↑ "Wales: Siwan Lillicrap captains 32-player Rugby World Cup squad featuring 19 tournament debutants". Sky Sports. 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  12. ↑ Neumann, Lisa. "Education". LinkedIn . Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  13. ↑ Neumann, Lisa. "Experience". LinkedIn . Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  14. ↑ "Maggie Alphonsi selects her Team of the Championship". Six Nations Rugby. 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
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