Sue Day

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Sue Day
MBE
Captain Sue Day scores the first Try.jpg
Sue Day
Date of birth (1972-10-29) 29 October 1972 (age 51)
Place of birthEngland
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight70 kg (150 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing/Centre/Fullback
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996-2010 Wasps RFC -- (--)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1997 England 59 (305)
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2009Flag of England.svg  England RWC 7s

Susan Day MBE (born 29 October 1972) is an English female rugby union footballer who played fullback for London Wasps Ladies and for England.

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Career

Day made her England debut versus Spain in 1997. She was selected for the 2006 Six Nations Squad. She appeared again for the 2007 Six Nations opener. She can play on the wing, in the centre or at fullback. Sue played in three Rugby World Cups and is England's top try scorer with 61 tries in 59 caps. Sue or 'Daisy' as she is known to her team mates is the top try scorer in IRB world cups, with 19 tries. After retiring from 15's, Sue returned to the international game, captaining Simon Amor and Mike Friday's 7's squad to the 7's world cup in March 2009.

In 2013 Day became the first female president of Wasps FC in their 146-year history. [1]

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to gender equality in sport. [2]

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References

  1. Lizzie Flint, Sportsister (The Women’s Sports Magazine) (22 July 2013). "Rugby: Sue Day makes history as first female president of Wasps FC" . Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  2. "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B17.