Maud Muir
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| Date of birth | 12 July 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Oxford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maud Moyra Muir (born 12 July 2001) is an English rugby union player. She has played for England in the Six Nations and the 2021 Rugby World Cup.[1] She plays for Gloucester-Hartpury at club level.[2]
International career
[edit]Muir has been a member of the England U20s and U18s sides.[3] In 2021, she was named as part of the England squad for the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championships as one of six development players on the side.[4]
She was a non-playing reserve in the opening two Six Nations games against Scotland and Italy.[4] She was named in the England squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup held in New Zealand in October and November 2022.[5]
Club career
[edit]Muir joined Wasps Women in 2018. It is her first senior club side.[6][7]
In 2022, Muir left Wasps to join Gloucester-Hartpury.[2] She was part of the team that won the 2022–23 Premier 15s title.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Muir began playing rugby in Oxford. She joined the Oxford Harlequins (U6-U11) and then moved to the Gosford All Blacks, joining the U15 and later U18 sides.[3]
She represented the South West at age grade level and moved to the Wasps' Centre of Excellence before joining the senior team.
She was awarded a Brunel Sports Scholarship, allowing her to train as a professional athlete while studying a sports science degree.
Muir is also a keen cricketer.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Maud Muir". RFU. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ a b c "England international Maud Muir signs with Gloucester-Hartpury". Gloucester Rugby. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ a b c "RUGBY UNION: Maud Muir named in England women's U20 squad". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ^ a b April 2021, Joe Harvey Thursday 15. "Maud Muir Exclusive: The teenage prop making an impression for Wasps and England". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Rugby World Cup: Sadia Kabeya and Morwenna Talling in England squad". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Maud Muir". Wasps Legends Charitable Foundation. 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ^ "'This is the evolution of a sport'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-06-07.