Coreen Grant
Scotland international rugby union player
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Coreen Grant (born 30 January 1998) is a Scottish rugby player from Edinburgh. She first played for the side in the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.[1]
| Born | 30 January 1998 Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Aged 16, Grant joined Murrayfield Wanderers, winning the Brewin Dolphin U18 Cup in 2014 and 2015.[2] During her time there playing at under-18 levels she played alongside fellow Scottish national players Rhona Lloyd and Lisa Thomson.[2]
She studied at Durham University and played for the university team.[3][2] She captained Durham University to BUCS semi-finals in 2016–2017 season, and acted as Vice Captain in the 2018–2019 season, where the team reached the BUCS final at Twickenham - the first time the university had made it this far in the championship.[4][2]
During her studies at Durham, she first played in the premiers club-level rugby for Darlington Mowden Park Sharks (2016–2019), playing in the Tyrell Premiership.[5][6]
While studying at Durham she took a year abroad in Melbourne, where she played for clubs Melbourne Unicorns, winning the Victoria State Cup with Melbourne Unicorns.[7][6]
Grant then signed her first club contract for Saracens Women in the Premier 15's in the 2020–21 season.[8]
While studying at Cambridge University from 2019 to 2020, she also played for the university team, as well as playing for Saracens.[9] At Twickenham in the 2019 Varsity Match for Cambridge University, she came to prominence, scoring the winning try in the 77th minute to win the game.[4] The match was broadcast live for the first time on ITV.[4] Grant said of the occasion, "Winning a Blue was about seeing women's sport recognised on equal standing, played on the same day and pitch as the men."[4] The match and the team's victory was also reported by The Times, which named Grant as the star of the match.[10]
In May 2025, Harlequins Women announced that they had signed Grant for the 2025–26 Premiership Women's Rugby season.[11]
International career
Grant represented Scotland at U20 level in a match against Belgium Ladies in 2016.[12][6]
She received her first call-up to train with Scotland Women Premier XVs at the start of the 2019/2020 season, alongside fellow Saracens player Jodie Rettie.[13][8]
Her first match day call-up came in February 2020 in the rearranged match against England in the 2020 Women's Six Nations, where she remained on the bench.[14] During lockdown in 2020, she trained with the team at Edinburgh, her hometown.[1][15]
In the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship, she made her debut off the bench in Scotland's home fixture against Italy to receive her first cap.[14][16][6]
She was selected in the Scottish side for the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup.[17][18]
Personal life
Grant first played rugby at Royal High School, Edinburgh aged 11.[1][14] During her time there, she was coached by ex-Scotland player Graham Shiel.[14]
During a three-year stint in the States, living in Pasadena in Los Angeles with her family, she briefly tried American football, before returning to the UK and becoming more serious about rugby.[2]
Grant completed a master's degree at Corpus Christi, Cambridge University, in Philosophy (MPhil), Criticism and Culture in 2020 and studied English Literature at Durham University (2015–2019).[4][2]