Emily Scarratt
{{Short description|England international rugby union player}}
{{use British English|date=October 2024}}
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{{Infobox rugby biography
| image = 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup - England 18.jpg
| caption = Scarratt at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE|size=100%}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|02|08}}
| birth_place = Leicester, Leicestershire, England
| height = {{convert|5|ft|11+1/4|in|cm|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}
| weight = 77 kg
| nickname =
| school = Bosworth Academy
| university = Leeds Metropolitan University
| relatives =
| spouse =
| children =
| occupation = International Rugby Player, Teacher
| ru_position = Centre / Fullback
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| years1 = 2007–2017
| clubs1 = Lichfield
| apps1 = --
| points1 = --
| years2 = 2018–
| clubs2 = Loughborough Lightning
| apps2 = --
| points2 = --
| repyears1 = 2008–
| repteam1 = England
| repcaps1 = 118
| reppoints1 = 754
| repsevensyears1 = 2015–2018
| repsevensyears2 = 2016
| repsevensteam1 = England
| repsevensteam2 = Great Britain
| medals =
{{MedalSport|Women's rugby sevens}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|Team competition}}
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Emily Beth Scarratt {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (born 8 February 1990) is an English rugby union player. She currently plays centre and fullback for Loughborough Lightning and for England for whom she is the third highest capped player in their history.{{cite web|title=King Edward's School, Birmingham Rugby Union Teams|url=http://www.schoolsrugby.co.uk/School.aspx?ID=68|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201101133/http://www.schoolsrugby.co.uk/School.aspx?ID=68|archive-date=1 February 2014|access-date=1 August 2014|publisher=schoolsrugby.co.uk}} 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 Loughborough Lightning.{{Cite web|title=Emily Scarratt signs on the dotted line for Lightning Rugby|url=http://www.lboro.ac.uk/sport/news/2018/december/emily-scarratt-signs-on-the-dotted-line-for-lightn/|access-date=20 April 2021|website=Loughborough University|language=en}}
International career
Scarratt first played for England in 2008, scoring 12 tries in 12 games and earning comparisons to Brian O'Driscoll. In 2009, she helped England to victory in the 2009 Women's Six Nations Championship and was the joint top try scorer with teammate Fiona Pocock.{{Cite web|date=1 April 2021|title=Women's Six Nations profile: Emily Scarratt|url=https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/2021/04/01/womens-six-nations-profile-emily-scarratt/|access-date=20 April 2021|website=Six Nations Rugby|language=en-GB}} 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.{{Cite web|date=1 April 2021|title=Women's Six Nations profile: Emily Scarratt|url=https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/2021/04/01/womens-six-nations-profile-emily-scarratt/|access-date=20 April 2021|website=Six Nations Rugby|language=en-GB}}
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.{{Cite web|title=RFU|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/teams/england-women/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903110814/http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/teams/england-women/|archive-date=3 September 2014|access-date=2 September 2014}} In addition, Scarratt ended the tournament as the top points scorer with 70 points.{{Cite web|title=RFU|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/england/senior-women/squad/emily-scarratt|access-date=20 April 2021|website=www.englandrugby.com}}
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.{{cite web|title=Emily Scarrat (of King Edwards school and England women's rugby)|url=http://birmingham.livingmag.co.uk/emily-scarratt/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810202145/http://birmingham.livingmag.co.uk/emily-scarratt/|archive-date=10 August 2014|access-date=1 August 2014|publisher=birmingham.livingmag.co.uk}} In 2016, Scarratt captained Team GB in the Rugby 7s at the Olympics in Rio, finishing in 4th place. She also represented England in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in which the team took bronze, and the Rugby World Cup Sevens in the same year.{{Cite web|title=RFU|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/england/senior-women/squad/emily-scarratt|access-date=20 April 2021|website=www.englandrugby.com}}
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).{{cite web|date=3 November 2019|title=World Rugby Awards: Pieter-Steph Du Toit & Emily Scarratt named players of the year|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/50281493|work=BBC}}{{Cite web|date=1 April 2021|title=Women's Six Nations profile: Emily Scarratt|url=https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/2021/04/01/womens-six-nations-profile-emily-scarratt/|access-date=20 April 2021|website=Six Nations Rugby|language=en-GB}} In the same year she was also awarded a full time England contract.{{Cite web|title=RFU|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/england/senior-women/squad/emily-scarratt|access-date=20 April 2021|website=www.englandrugby.com}}
In 2020, Scarratt became the highest ever England rugby points scorer during the 2020 Six Nations.{{Cite web|title=RFU|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/england/senior-women/squad/emily-scarratt|access-date=20 April 2021|website=www.englandrugby.com}} She was also named Player of the Championship.{{Cite web|date=1 April 2021|title=Women's Six Nations profile: Emily Scarratt|url=https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/2021/04/01/womens-six-nations-profile-emily-scarratt/|access-date=20 April 2021|website=Six Nations Rugby|language=en-GB}} She was named in the England squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup held in New Zealand in October and November 2022.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/62958278|title= Rugby World Cup: Sadia Kabeya and Morwenna Talling in England squad|work= BBC Sport|date= 20 September 2022}}
Scarratt was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to rugby union.{{London Gazette|issue=63377|supp=y|page=B23|date=12 June 2021}}
She was called into the Red Roses side for the 2025 Six Nations Championship on 17 March.{{Cite web |date=17 March 2025 |title=Red Roses squad for Six Nations announced |url=https://www.englandrugby.com/follow/news-media/red-roses-squad-six-nations-announced |access-date=18 March 2025 |website=England Rugby}}{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Martyn |date=17 March 2025 |title=John Mitchell names 4 uncapped players in England's Six Nations squad |url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/england-womens-six-nations-squad/ |access-date=18 March 2025 |website=RugbyPass}}
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.{{Cite web|title=RFU|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/england/senior-women/squad/emily-scarratt|access-date=20 April 2021|website=www.englandrugby.com}}
Scarratt was also a PE assistant at King Edward's School Birmingham, following in the footsteps of fellow England rugby international Natasha Hunt, but like many of her national teammates she left her job in order to become a full-time professional rugby player.{{cite web|title=Latest News|url=http://www.kes.org.uk/latest/women-s-player-of-the-year-award-for-england-rugby-star.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820205402/http://kes.org.uk/latest/women-s-player-of-the-year-award-for-england-rugby-star.html|archive-date=20 August 2013|access-date=1 August 2014|publisher=kes.org.uk}}{{cite web|title=Emily Scarratt - Official RFU England Profile|url=http://www.rfu.com/squadsandplayers/womensrugby/emilyscaratt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710172533/http://www.rfu.com/squadsandplayers/womensrugby/emilyscaratt|archive-date=10 July 2014|access-date=1 August 2014|publisher=rfu.com}}
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{{Cite web|date=19 August 2014|title=Womens RWC - #WRWC2014 Dream Team revealed after fan vote|url=http://www.rwcwomens.com/home/news/newsid=2072758.html#wrwc2014+dream+team+revealed+after+vote|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819143854/http://www.rwcwomens.com/home/news/newsid=2072758.html#wrwc2014+dream+team+revealed+after+vote|archive-date=19 August 2014|access-date=8 March 2019}}
- 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist
- 2019 Rugby Union World Player of the Year (Women's) {{Cite news|last=Media|first=P. A.|date=3 November 2019|title=England's Emily Scarratt crowned women's world player of the year|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/03/england-emily-scarratt-womens-world-player-of-the-year|access-date=17 November 2019|issn=0261-3077}}
- 2020 Women's Six Nations Player of the Championship
References
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External links
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- [https://www.englandrugby.com/follow/red-roses/england-women/emily-scarratt Emily Scarratt] at England Rugby
- [https://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/person/emily-scarratt Emily Scarratt] at Loughborough Lightning
- {{World Rugby Sevens Series profile|womens/37616}}
- {{Team GB}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
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