Abbie Brown
English rugby sevens player
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Abigail Brown (born 10 April 1996) is an English rugby union and sevens player. She competed for Great Britain at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
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| Full name | Abigail Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 April 1996 Exeter, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life and career
Brown was born in Exeter and started playing rugby at the age of six for her local club Cullompton RFC.[1] She attended Clyst Vale Community College in Broadclyst, Devon.
Rugby career
Brown made her England fifteens test debut against Wales during the 2015 Six Nations.[2][3] She later made her international sevens debut for the England sevens team in the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series.[1][2]
She made her World Sevens Series debut during the 2015–16 season and scored seven tries over the series.[1] She had secured a full-time contract at that time.[2]
She was named in Great Britain's sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4][5] She scored twice in their quarter-final match against Fiji to help her side reach the semi-finals.[6][7]
She captained England for the 2017–18 World Sevens Series and led them again the following season.[1]
Brown won a bronze medal with England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.[3][7] In July 2018, she led England at the Sevens World Cup that was held in San Francisco.[1] Although England were knocked out in the last 16 by Ireland, they did go on to secure the Challenge Trophy.[1]
In 2020, She signed with Loughborough Lightning in the Premier 15s.[3][8] In 2021, she co-captained Great Britain, together with England team-mate Megan Jones, at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[9][10]
Brown returned as England's captain for the remainder of the 2021–22 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[1][11] She was named again as England's co-captain with Megan Jones for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[12] They also co-captained England again in September at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, South Africa.[13][14]
She extended her contract with Loughborough Lightning in September 2023.[8] She missed the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris due to a hamstring injury.[15]
