Sioned Harries
{{Short description|Wales international rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| birth_place = Aberystwyth, Wales
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| school = Aberaeron
| university = Cardiff Metropolitan University
| occupation = Physical education teacher
| ru_currentposition = Back row
| ru_currentteam = Whitland RFC/Scarlets
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Sioned Harries (born 22 November 1989) is a former Welsh rugby union player who played back row for the Whitland RFC/Scarlets and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap against Australia in the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Playing career
Sioned Harries was born in Aberystwyth on 22 November 1989. As of 2017, her official Wales Rugby Union biography states that she is {{convert|1.70|m|ft}} tall and weighs {{convert|72|kg|st}}.{{cite web|title=Sioned Harries|url=http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/matchcentre/squads_wales_women.php?player=94768&includeref=dynamic|publisher=Wales Rugby Union|accessdate=21 May 2017}}
She played for Aberaeron school and Cardiff Metropolitan University before moving joining Whitland RFC, a feeder team for the Scarlets. Harris has been named captain for the Scarlets on several occasions.{{cite web|title=Osprey Ladies Punish Scarlets|url=http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/35428.php#.WSFkR2jyvIU|publisher=Wales Rugby Union|accessdate=21 May 2017|date=21 December 2015}} She has also played for the Ospreys. Outside of rugby, she is a physical education teacher at Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Dur.{{cite news|last1=Hughes|first1=Adam|title=Sioned in Wales Team to face Italy|url=http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/article.cfm?id=111833&headline=Sioned%20in%20Wales%20team%20to%20face%20Italy§ionIs=sport&searchyear=2017|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=Cambrian News|date=3 February 2017}}
Having played for the Wales women's national under-20 rugby union team, she was named in the squad for the national team at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. While there, she made her debut against Australia as a flanker. But at a later game, against Sweden, she was moved to the back row, more recently she has been played in the second row.{{cite web|title=Ospreys Women dominate national selection|url=http://www.ospreysrugby.com/News/Article/43861|publisher=Ospreys Women|accessdate=21 May 2017|date=5 February 2016}}
She continued to play for the Wales women's rugby union team, including at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup where she scored three times in the 35–3 victory over South Africa.{{cite news|last1=Bywater|first1=Alex|title=Women's Rugby World Cup: Wales braced for stern New Zealand test|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/womens-rugby-world-cup-wales-7600945|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=Wales Online|date=12 August 2014}} Harris was in contention for the British team at the rugby sevens women's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics,{{cite web|title='Fab Four' Wales Women in Final Olympic Push|url=http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/36684.php#.WSFh2mjyvIU|publisher=Wales Rugby Union|accessdate=21 May 2017|date=7 June 2016}} but was not selected for the final squad.{{cite web|title=Team GB selects its first ever rugby sevens squads|url=https://www.teamgb.com/news/team-gb-selects-its-first-ever-rugby-sevens-squads|accessdate=21 May 2017|ref=Team GB|date=19 July 2016}} In addition, to the national rugby union team, she also played on the Wales women's national rugby sevens team.
Harries was selected in Wales squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Liz |date=2022-09-21 |title=Wales Rugby World Cup squad named |url=https://www.wru.wales/2022/09/wales-rugby-world-cup-squad-named/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Welsh Rugby Union |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-21 |title=Wales: Siwan Lillicrap captains 32-player Rugby World Cup squad featuring 19 tournament debutants |url=https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12321/12702496/wales-siwan-lillicrap-captains-32-player-womens-rugby-world-cup-squad-featuring-19-tournament-debutants |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Sky Sports |language=en}}
She announced her retirement from rugby on 29 February 2024{{Cite news |title=Wales great Harries to retire from rugby |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/68406252 |access-date=2024-03-03 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}} and player her last game on 3 March 2024. In her final match, playing for Brython Thunder against Gwalia Lightning, she scored a try and a drop goal to help her team to victory.{{Cite news |title=Wales great Harries ends 14-year career in style |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/68446653 |access-date=2024-03-03 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}
References
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{{Wales Squad 2021 Rugby World Cup}}
{{Wales Squad 2017 Rugby World Cup}}
{{Wales 2014 WRWC Squad}}
{{Wales squad 2010 WRWC}}
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Category:Welsh female rugby union players
Category:21st-century Welsh sportswomen
Category:Wales women's international rugby union players
Category:Ospreys (rugby union) players
Category:21st-century Welsh sportsmen
Category:Rugby union players from Aberystwyth
Category:21st-century Welsh women educators
Category:Wales international women's rugby sevens players
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