Meryl Smith

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Meryl Smith
Date of birth (2001-06-11) 11 June 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019 - Scotland 13 (18)

Meryl Smith (born 11 June 2001) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays as a centre. [1]

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Early life

Smith started playing rugby with the Murrayfield Wanderers Girls team aged 13. She became a student at Edinburgh University studying biomedical science from September 2019. She was capped by Scotland U18 and U20 in Touch Rugby. [2] [3]

Career

In 2019 Smith was called up by the Scotland senior team for the first time to compete at the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series event in Biarritz. [4] Smith was selected to play for Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in rugby sevens. [5] She was also selected for the COVID-delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup held in October 2022. [6] In December 2022 she was awarded a professional contract by Scottish Rugby. [7]

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References

  1. "Meryl Smith". Teamscotland.scot. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  2. "Meryl Smith". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. "Meryl Smith rugby". Gh-media.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  4. "Scotland Women 7s squad announced for Biarritz". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  5. "Birmingham belief for Edinburgh athletes". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  6. "Scotland squad named for Rugby World Cup 2021". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  7. "Scottish Rugby announces professional contracts for 28 women". BBC Sport.