Tatyana Heard

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Tatyana Heard
Date of birth (1995-01-14) 14 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)
School Ryedale School
University Cardiff Metropolitan University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Current team Gloucester-Hartpury
Youth career
2006-2009 Malton and Norton RUFC
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013-2016 Cardiff Metropolitan University RFC ()
2017- Gloucester-Hartpury ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018- England 18 (20)

Tatyana Aleese Heard (born 14 January 1995) is an Italian-born English rugby union player. She is a member of the England women's national rugby union team and plays for Gloucester-Hartpury in the Premier 15s.

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International career

Heard had initially been selected for the England U20 squad in 2012-13 but shortly afterwards an ACL injury left her sidelined for well over a year. [1] [2] She eventually made her senior England debut in November 2018 against the USA. [3] [2]

In September 2022 Heard was named in the England squad for the COVID-delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup. [4]

Club career

After university Heard moved to Gloucester and from 2017 has played for Gloucester-Hartpury in a variety of positions. [5] [2]

Early life and education

Heard was born in Italy and spent some of her early years in the US, but she grew up in Ryedale where she played for Malton and Norton RUFC and for Yorkshire at age grade level. [1] [2] She studied for A-levels at Hartpury College and then for a degree in sports conditioning, rehabilitation and massage at Cardiff Metropolitan University, where she was part of the Cardiff Met team that won the 2016 BUCS rugby final. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tatyana Heard". englandrugby.com. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "My Story: Tatyana Heard". englandrugby.com. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Tatyana Heard to make England Women debut as Daley-Mclean brings up century". Gloucester Rugby. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Women's Rugby World Cup: England announce 32-player squad led by captain Sarah Hunter". Sky Sports. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Tatyana Heard (Centre)". Gloucester Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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