Carol Isherwood
British Lions & England international rugby union player
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Carol Isherwood OBE (born 27 July 1961) is an English former rugby union player and a founding member of the Rugby Football Union for Women. She captained Great Britain against France in 1986. She then captained England in their first game against Wales a year later.[1]
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Isherwood was born in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. She first became involved in rugby in 1981 while studying at Leeds University when she set up a women's team. Carol graduated from Leeds in History 1982, followed by a PGCE in 1984.[2] Isherwood was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to women's rugby.[3][4] Isherwood was the first woman appointed to the IRB Rugby Committee in September 2009.[5] She was one of the first six women inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame in November 2014.[6][7]
