Emily Lane
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|01|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cork,Ireland
| height = 164cm
| weight = 60kg
| position = Scrum half
| amatyears1 =
| amatteam1 = Mallow
| amatapps1 =
| amatpoints1 =0
| amatyears2 =
| amatteam2 = Ballincollig
| amatapps2 =
| amatpoints2 =0
| years1 = 2016
| clubs1 = Munster
| apps1 =
| points1 =0
| years2 = 2020
| clubs2 = Blackrock College
| apps2 =
| points2 =0
| repyears1 = 2020–present
| repteam1 = {{nwrut|Ireland}}
| repcaps1 = 10
| reppoints1 = 0
| repsevensyears1 = 2018–
| repsevensteam1 = {{nwrut7|Ireland}}
| repsevenscomp1 = 42
}}
Emily Lane (born 10 January 1999) is an Irish rugby player from Cork. She plays for Blackrock College RFC, Munster Rugby and the Ireland women's national rugby union team and the Ireland women's rugby sevens team.
Club career
Lane first played rugby underage with Mallow RFC, a club that has also produced Ireland international Anna Caplice. She played for Ballincollig for one year while at UCC but moved to Dublin then where the Irish Sevens squad is based.
She joined All-Ireland League side Blackrock College RFC in 2020 but, up to then, most of her playing career, from 2018 to 2020 was in Sevens rugby as she got a sevens development contract with the Irish Rugby Football Union in 2018.{{Cite web|last=Kelly|first=Niall|title=IRFU announce 11 full-time contracts as Women's Sevens team begin Olympic campaign|url=https://www.the42.ie/irfu-womens-sevens-contracts-4286722-Oct2018/|access-date=2021-09-17|website=The42|language=en}}
International career
Lane impressed for the Munster Under-18s where she was in the same cohort as Irish teammate Enya Breen.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
She got a professional development contract with the Ireland national women's sevens rugby team in late 2018 and made her debut in the Kazan in late 2018.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
A senior sevens international since August 2018 she debuted for Ireland in a Rugby Europe tournament in Kazan, Russia in 2018 and has played on the World Rugby Sevens Series since.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
Lane was part of the side that claimed fourth spot at the Sydney Sevens in 2019, their best finish to date on the World Series.{{Cite web|last=Gallagher|first=Aaron|title=Ireland Rugby 7s make history in Sydney with fourth place finish at World Series|url=https://www.the42.ie/ireland-women-rugby-sevens-world-series-fourth-place-dream-team-4474333-Feb2019/|access-date=2021-09-17|website=The42|language=en}} She is amassed 42 international Sevens caps.{{Cite web|date=2020-04-07|title=Mallow rugby ace is confident Ireland sevens team can kick up the gears|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40122569.html|access-date=2021-05-04|website=echo live|language=en}}
The cancellation of the World Sevens Series in 2020 due to Coronavirus gave her more opportunities at the 15s game.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-01|title=Mallow's Emily Lane ready to grab her Ireland chance in Six Nations|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40252751.html|access-date=2021-05-04|website=echo live|language=en}}
She was one of five uncapped Sevens players selected for the Irish women's XVs for the 2021 Women's Six Nations where she was a replacement for Kathryn Dane in all three games - against Wales, France and Italy.{{Cite news|title=Five uncapped Sevens players named in Ireland squad for Women's Six Nations|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/five-uncapped-sevens-players-named-in-ireland-squad-for-women-s-six-nations-1.4517942|access-date=2021-09-17|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}
She represented Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Ireland - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024 |url=https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/olympics/paris-2024/participating-nations/ireland |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=www.world.rugby}}{{Cite web |date=2024-06-17 |title=Ireland Sevens Squads Confirmed For 2024 Paris Olympics |url=https://www.irishrugby.ie/2024/06/17/ireland-sevens-squads-confirmed-for-2024-paris-olympics/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Irish Rugby |language=en-US}} She was named in the Ireland's XV's side for the 2025 Six Nations Championship in March.{{Cite web |date=11 February 2025 |title=Bemand Names Ireland Preparation Squad For Guinness Women's Six Nations |url=https://www.irishrugby.ie/2025/02/11/bemand-names-ireland-preparation-squad-for-guinness-womens-six-nations/ |access-date=19 March 2025 |website=Irish Rugby}}{{Cite web |date=12 February 2025 |title=Bemand announces Ireland's squad for Guinness Women's Six Nations |url=https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/w6n/news/bemand-announces-irelands-squad-for-guinness-womens-six-nations |access-date=19 March 2025 |website=Six Nations Rugby}}
Personal life
Lane is a biochemistry student at Trinity College Dublin. She shares a house with several rugby players, including international teammate Dorothy Wall.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.irishrugby.ie/women/emily-lane/ Irish Rugby Player Profile]
{{Ireland women's sevens 2024 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Ireland women's international rugby union players
Category:Irish female rugby union players
Category:Ireland international women's rugby sevens players
Category:Irish rugby sevens players
Category:Blackrock College RFC players
Category:Munster Rugby women's players
Category:Sportspeople from Cork (city)
Category:Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics