Birth name | Morwenna Ruth Talling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 August 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb; 13 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Ryedale School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Morwenna Ruth Talling (born 5 August 2002) is an English rugby union player. She is a member of the England women's national rugby union team and plays for Sale Sharks Women in Premiership Women's Rugby.
Talling made her debut for England against Italy in November 2020 during the Six Nations tournament. [1] [2] In September 2022, she was named in the England squad for the COVID-delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup. [3]
In September 2019, Talling moved to Leicestershire to study for A-levels at Loughborough College [1] and made her debut for Loughborough Lightning the following month. [4]
Talling signed for Sale Sharks Women in June 2023, ahead of the 2023-24 Premiership Women's Rugby season. [5]
Talling grew up in Ryedale, where she played for Malton and Norton RUFC [6] [7] as well captaining the North of England and Yorkshire girls' rugby union teams and representing Scarborough and District at hockey, netball, cross-country, and athletics. [8]
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