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Hartpury rugby players target more success in Japan

Author: Roger Jackson, Posted: Monday, 29th April 2019, 12:50

Current members of Hartpury College’s women’s rugby academy

Hartpury College students are targeting success in an international rugby tournament in Japan just weeks after winning a national title.

The women’s under-18 rugby squad have been invited to join teams from Canada, Russia, New Zealand and Japan in the 2019 Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament.

Hartpury College won the Rosslyn Park HSBC National Schools Sevens for the fifth time in six years earlier this month.

The squad will be looking to build upon that momentous achievement as the UK’s only representative in the seven-a-side rugby tournament in Japan.

Laura-Jane Lewis, the manager of the Women’s Rugby Academy at Hartpury College, said: “We competed in the tournament in 2017 and finished third overall, when the squad included now full-time England Sevens players Ellie Kildunne and Abi Burton.

“The girls have been working hard since the start of the year and they gained their rewards with the success at Rosslyn Park.

“Our squad is an exciting mix of experienced players who have been getting weekly game time in the Tyrrells Premier 15s league and young exciting players who just love to play.

“Our main focus will be to put on some exciting performances and representing Hartpury to the highest standard possible.”

In addition to Ellie Kildunne and Abi Burton, four other players with links to Hartpury are members of the England Women’s Sevens squad for the 2018-19 season – Abbie Brown, Megan Jones, Alex Matthews and Holly Aitchison.

Hartpury College squad, 2019 Sanix World Rugby Invitational Youth Tournament: Jess Cooksey (captain), Emma Sing, Charlie Manns, Mia Venner, Elle Jay Browning, Sioned Jones, Daisy Riley, Eleanor Bonnett, Leah Teague, Taylor Briggs, Isabel Mackinder, Alicia Maude.

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