Meryl Smith
| Date of birth | 11 June 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
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Meryl Smith (born 11 June 2001) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays as a centre.[1]
Early life
[edit]Smith started playing rugby with the Murrayfield Wanderers Girls team aged 13. She became a student at Edinburgh University studying biomedical science from September 2019. She was capped by Scotland U18 and U20 in Touch Rugby.[2][3]
Career
[edit]In 2019 Smith was called up by the Scotland senior team for the first time to compete at the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series event in Biarritz.[4] Smith was selected to play for Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in rugby sevens.[5] She was also selected for the COVID-delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup held in October 2022.[6] In December 2022 she was awarded a professional contract by Scottish Rugby.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Meryl Smith". Teamscotland.scot. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Meryl Smith". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Meryl Smith rugby". Gh-media.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Scotland Women 7s squad announced for Biarritz". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Birmingham belief for Edinburgh athletes". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Scotland squad named for Rugby World Cup 2021". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ "Scottish Rugby announces professional contracts for 28 women". BBC Sport.
Categories:
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Scotland women's international rugby union players
- Scottish female rugby union players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Scotland
- Scotland international women's rugby sevens players
- Rugby union centres
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- Scottish expatriates in the Netherlands
- Bristol Bears Women players
- 21st-century Scottish sportswomen