Paula Chalmers (born 8 June 1972) is a Scottish former rugby union player who made more than 70 appearances for the

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International career

She played club rugby for Murrayfield Wanderers RFC. She was representing Scotland at both rugby and

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until in 1996. After hockey internationals against Ireland and France, she decided it was impossible to continue with both sports at the same level. She opted to pursue playing rugby at international level while limiting her hockey involvement to playing at club level. She played in the

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. She was the top points scorer in the

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with 46 points from five matches. She won her seventieth cap in 2006. She was selected as captain for Scotland at the

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. The team finished 6th at the tournament and she scored 27 points during the matches.

Family

Her brother

Craig Chalmers Craig Minto Chalmers (born 15 October 1968) is a Scottish former rugby union player and coach. He represented Scotland and the British Lions at international level. He made 60 international appearances for Scotland team and scored 166 points. H ...

won 60 caps for

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References

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