Megan Kennedy
Rugby player
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Megan Kennedy (born 3 July 1996) is a Scottish rugby player from Stirling who played in the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.[1] She has played international rugby for Scotland since 2018.[2] She is the Sponsorship Co-Ordinator at Glasgow Warriors.[3]
| Born | 3 July 1997 Stirling, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb; 13 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
International career
Kennedy is a Scottish Rugby contracted 2021 player.[6]
She joined the XVs Scotland squad for the 2018 Women's Six Nations Championship, in the match where Scotland lost by one point to Wales.[7] The invitation to play for the national team followed two years of recuperation as the result of a knee injury.[8]
Prior to this, she played in an uncapped international match versus Spain in November 2017.[5] She was part of the squad that played Canada in 2018, at the time the fourth best team in the world, in which Scotland was narrowly defeated 25–28, in a match that was seen as a step change in the team's progress.[9]
In 2019, she was one of the Scottish team selected for a tour of South Africa - their first ever matches in the Southern hemisphere - in which they beat the South African national Springbok Women squad 5-47. In the match, Kennedy started on the bench and was brought in after 53 minutes.[10]
She was also part of the 2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, in which multiple fixtures were disrupted due to COVID-19.[11]
Kennedy was among the Scottish team for the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship and started in the first match against England. After sustaining a shoulder injury during the match, she missed the next two matches but was back for team's match against Italy.[12][13] Coach Bryan Easson commented on his decision to bring her into the Italy game for a 17th cap, “Megan has performed really well in the games she’s played previously... around the field she is good in defence and at lineout/maul time. Having that experience at three makes a big difference. She’s a very good scrummager."[14] She replaced Christine Beleisle as tight-head in the game.[15]
In the team's final match against Wales she was one of the players who scored before the break, giving the team a 17–6 lead, which ultimately led to a 27–20 victory, securing Scotland's fifth position in the championship.[16]
Personal life
Kennedy first played rugby aged 14.[10] She attended Alva Academy, before going to Stirling University to study Sports Journalism (Honours degree), followed by a Sports Psychology master's degree.[17]
Her mother Fiona previously played hockey and volleyball at a national level and her father Gregor is a former County player, while brother Reyner continues to play for Stirling County.[17]
Business career
She is now the Sponsorship Co-Ordinator at Glasgow Warriors.[3]