Ellena Lucy Perry (born 12 April 1997,

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) is an

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rugby union player. She represents

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internationally and plays for Gloucester-Hartpury domestically.

Early and personal life

Perry was born in Welwyn Garden City in 1997. Her mother Jan and father Paul used to take her to play at Hertford RFC from the age of 6. Perry attended

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and won the School Games in 2015 with the south east sevens rugby team. She completed A-levels in physical education, psychology, business studies and biology at

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before studying sports science at the

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Club career

Perry made her

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debut in 2015, a week after tuning 18 and was still 18 when she played in the 2016 Premiership final for Saracens. In 2019 Perry switched to Gloucester-Hartpury, just before the start of the 2019-20 Premier 15s season.

International career

Perry made her England debut as a loose head prop in 2018, during the 2018 Quilter Internationals. She played in all three games. In December 2020, she was called up to the England squad to play against France, a game that England won 25–23. She missed several fixtures in 2019-2020 due to injury. In 2021 she was named an invitational player for England in the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.

References

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