Eloise Hayward (born 7 September 1999) is an English

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and

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player. She has played representative rugby for England 7s and Great Britain 7s. She plays for

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and

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at club level.

Early life and education

Born in

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...

, she grew up in

Muscat Muscat (, ) is the capital and most populous city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the population of the Muscat Governorate in 2022 was 1.72 million. ...

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

and

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where she started playing rugby aged six. She played rugby union for Muscat Pirates, Dubai Hurricanes, Sharjah Wanderers and Jakarta Komodo Dragons. Before returning to England to play for West Park Leeds. Hayward is the granddaughter of a former

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footballer and daughter of former

Royal Navy rugby league The Royal Navy Rugby League team is a British rugby league team representing the Royal Navy. They play their home matches at the United Services Recreation Ground in Portsmouth, Hampshire. They were founded in 1997 following an increase in suppor ...

coach. She was a keen footballer with involvements in the

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academy, but went down the rugby route when she enrolled at

Hartpury College Hartpury University and Hartpury College, formerly Hartpury College, is a provider of further and higher education The university and college is set in a 360-hectare estate located in Hartpury, near Gloucester, in Gloucestershire, England. The ...

after finishing school. She studied BSc Maths and Economics at the

University of Surrey The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey, England. The university received its Royal Charter, royal charter in 1966, along with a Plate glass university, number of other institutions following recommendations ...

as well as a BSc in Biomedical Science at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

Rugby career

Hayward began playing rugby union for Muscat Pirates, Dubai Hurricanes, Sharjah Wanderers and Jakarta Komodo Dragons before moving to

West Park, Leeds West Park is a suburb of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, north of Headingley. It is a mixed area of private suburban housing and suburban council estates. The name derives from its main park (approximately 500 metres north-south by ...

. She joined

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team Gloucester-Hartpury for the 2017/18 season. A versatile player, she plays all three codes of rugby, Union,

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and 7s, with only a handful of male players ever doing the same such as Jason Robinson. She signed for

in August 2018. She plays as a Scrum-half in rugby union. She signed for

in June 2021. She plays as a

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and Hooker in rugby league. At Under 18 level, Hayward played for Yorkshire and represented the England Under 18 side at sevens and 15s. She was a two-time U18

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medalist with England. She was part of the

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team that went to the

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tournament in

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. She plays for the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hayward, Eloise 1999 births Living people 21st-century English sportswomen Alumni of Hartpury College Alumni of Loughborough University Alumni of the University of Surrey England international women's rugby sevens players English expatriates in Indonesia English expatriates in Oman English expatriates in the United Arab Emirates English female rugby league players English female rugby union players English people of Welsh descent Exeter Chiefs Women players Gloucester-Hartpury Women players Leeds Rhinos Women players Rugby league centres Rugby league players from Hampshire Rugby union players from Portsmouth Rugby union scrum-halves Saracens Women rugby players Wales women's international rugby union players Welsh female rugby union players Worcester Warriors Women players