![]() Kabeya in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 22 February 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Lewisham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Harris City Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sadia Kabeya (born 22 February 2002) is an English rugby union player. She plays for England internationally [1] and Loughborough Lightning in the Premier 15s. [2]
A talented teenage field athlete, [3] [4] Kabeya was first introduced to rugby at school at Harris City Academy in Croydon, where her PE teacher was Bryony Cleall. Developing an interest in the game, she joined Streatham-Croydon R.F.C.as a teenager.Kabeya's father, Gilbert, is Congolese from DRC and moved to the UK in his twenties, where he met Lisa, Kabeya's mum, whose father was Jamaican
Kabeya first played for Richmond Women before moving to Wasps Women and then Loughborough Lightning. [4]
In September 2019, Kabeya captained the England U18s in the Rugby Europe Women's U18 Sevens Championship. [4]
She made her international debut for the senior England 15s team on 14 November 2021 against Canada. [5] She played against Italy as England took the grand slam in the 2022 Women's Six Nations Championship. [6]
In September 2021, Kabeya was named in the England squad for the COVID-delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup [7] and started in the opening game against Fiji, [8] where she was named Player of the Match. [9]
On 17 March 2025, she was called into England's squad for the Women's Six Nations Championship. [10] [11] She was named in England's side for the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup. [12] [13]