Emily Beth Scarratt (born 8 February 1990) is an

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player. She currently plays

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and fullback for

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and for

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for whom she is the third highest capped player in their history. She is also co-presenter on the popular women's rugby podcast The Good, The Scaz, The Rugby, hosted by Elma Smit and starring Natasha 'Mo' Hunt.

Club career

Scarratt played for Leicester Forest before moving to Lichfield. In 2018, she joined

International career

Scarratt first played for

in 2008, scoring 12 tries in 12 games and earning comparisons to

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. In 2009, she helped England to victory in the

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and was the joint top try scorer with teammate

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. As England went on to win the next three Six Nations Championships, Scarratt again achieved top try scorer in 2010 and top point scorer in 2011. In 2014, Scarratt proved to be an invaluable player to England Women, scoring 16 points in the Rugby World Cup final to help England beat Canada to the title. In addition, Scarratt ended the tournament as the top points scorer with 70 points. She not only plays in the XV's game but also for the Women's Sevens side, for whom she has scored 12 tries and played in several tournaments. In 2016, Scarratt captained

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in the Rugby 7s at the Olympics in Rio, finishing in 4th place. She also represented England in the

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in which the team took bronze, and the

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in the same year. Scarratt was instrumental in the England women's team's two consecutive Grand Slams in the 2019 and 2020 Women's 6 Nations Championships. In 2019, she was awarded the World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year and the Rugby Union World Player of the Year (Women's). In the same year she was also awarded a full time England contract. In 2020, Scarratt became the highest ever England rugby points scorer during the 2020 Six Nations. She was also named Player of the Championship. She was named in the England squad for the delayed

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held in New Zealand in October and November 2022. Scarratt was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to rugby union. She was called into the

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side for the

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on 17 March.

Personal life

Scarratt, commonly called Scaz by her teammates, was born in Leicester in 1990. She played hockey, rounders and basketball at a young age and was offered a US Basketball Scholarship aged 16 but turned it down. Scarratt was also a PE assistant at King Edward's School Birmingham, following in the footsteps of fellow England rugby international

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, but like many of her national teammates she left her job in order to become a full-time professional rugby player. She lives near her Loughborough premiership club with GB Rugby 7s Captain Abbie Brown.

Honours

* RBS 6 Nations Rugby Women's winner 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 * England Women's Rugby Player of the Year Award 2013 * 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup winner * 2014 WRWC Dream Team * 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist * 2019 Rugby Union World Player of the Year (Women's) * 2020 Women's Six Nations Player of the Championship

References

External links

Emily Scarratt
at England Rugby
Emily Scarratt
at

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