Katherine Merchant
England international rugby union player
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Katherine Elizabeth "Kat" Merchant (born 29 October 1985) is an English female rugby union player who represented her country 58 times and scored 44 tries.
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| Born | 29 October 1985 Brighton, East Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life
Merchant was playing serious rugby when she was sixteen. She graduated from Birmingham University in Sport and Exercise Science in 2007.[1]
She was playing for Worcester when she began her nine-year international career during the 2005 Six Nations. She played the 7 player and 15 player game and took part in two World Cups in both variations.[2] She represented England at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup[3] and was named in the squad for the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.[4] She was a member of the squad to the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens[5]
She announced her retirement in September 2014 with immediate effect on medical grounds, as she had taken a number of concussions.[2]
In 2015 she was the coach for the Sri Lanka national team.[6] As of September 2021[update] she was a personal trainer,[7] and coach of Old Streetonians Rugby Club in central London.