Shelley Rae
Appearance
Date of birth | 1 June 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shelley Rae (born 1 June 1976) is a former English female rugby union player. She represented England at the 2002 and 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup. Rae retired from international rugby in 2008.[1] She scored her first try in 2001 when England beat New Zealand 22-17 in Auckland, a side that previously went undefeated for 10 years.[2] She also won the IRB Female Player of the Year Award in 2001.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Alison Donnelly (IRB.COM) (4 November 2008). "End of the road for Rae and Belton". Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ Lee Honeyball, Observer Sport Monthly (5 May 2002). "Contender: Shelley Rae, rugby union player". Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ BBC Sport. "Meet the female Wilko". Retrieved 1 August 2014.