Isla Norman-Bell

Born in Rochester, Kent, England, but brought up from the age of two in New Zealand, Norman-Bell was first called up to train with England sevens in December 2021.^[2] Prior to this, Norman-Bell attended the University of Auckland, and in 2019 she was named their sportswoman of the year. She was given a place on the New Zealand Women’s Sevens Development team to tour internationally and later played for the New Zealand Open Women’s Touch team at the World Championships in Malaysia. Norman-Bell was named in the 2019 Vodafone Warriors Women’s team that played in the NRL Touch Premiership, and played on the wing for Auckland Storm in the Farah Palmer Cup.^[3][4]

Norman-Bell was selected to play for England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in rugby sevens.^[5] She was named in the England squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022.^[6] She was a selected as a member of the GB sevens squad for the 2023 European Games.^[7] Great Britain won a gold medal at the event and sealed qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games.^[8] In June 2024, she was named in the British squad for the Olympic Games.^[9] The team finished seventh.^[10]

She was named as vice-captain for the Great Britain national rugby sevens team for the 2024-25 SVNS series which began at the Dubai Sevens on 30 November 2024.^[11]

• Isla Norman-Bell at Team GB
• Isla Norman-Bell at Team England
• Isla Norman-Bell at Olympics.com
• Isla Norman-Bell at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Isla Norman-Bell at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Isla Norman-Bell on Instagram