Susan Margaret Day (born 29 October 1972) is an English female

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footballer who played fullback for London Wasps Ladies and for

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Career

Day made her debut versus in 1997. She was selected for the 2006 Six Nations Squad. She appeared again for the 2007 Six Nations opener. She can play on the wing, in the centre or at fullback. Sue played in three Rugby World Cups and is England's top try scorer with 61 tries in 59 caps. Sue or 'Daisy' as she is known to her team mates is the top try scorer in IRB world cups, with 19 tries. After retiring from 15's, Sue returned to the international game, captaining

Simon Amor Simon Daniel Edward Amor (born 25 April 1979) is an English rugby union coach and former player. Amor played in the scrum-half and fly-half positions for London Scottish and captained the England national rugby sevens team. He has been the ...

and Mike Friday's 7's squad to the 7's world cup in March 2009. In 2013 Day became the first female president of

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in their 146-year history. She was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to gender equality in sport.

References

External links

RFUW

Sue Day
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