![]() Tamara Taylor mid scrum (2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 8 October 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Exeter, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tamara Louise Taylor (born 8 October 1981) is an English female rugby union player, who captained England in the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship. [2] She was the 2017 RPA Player of the Year when she was one of only three women who had made more than 100 appearances for her country. [1] She is currently the fourth most capped England women's rugby union player of all time.
She was educated at The Oratory Preparatory School, Queen Anne's School, Caversham and Newcastle University where she read Biomedical Sciences. [1] Taylor represented England at the 2014, 2010, 2006 [3] [4] and 2017 World Cups, winning in 2014. [5] Taylor joined the Jarrovians RUFC as a coach in October 2013. [6] and currently is player coach at Darlington Mowden Park Sharks.
She was the 2017 RPA Player of the Year when she was one of only three women who had made more than 100 appearances for her country. She was again the lock in the team for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. [1]
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