Natasha Olson-Thorne

Olson-Thorne began playing rugby at the age of 15 while attending Sha Tin College.^[1] In 2015 she graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Health.^[1][2]

Olson-Thorne made her international sevens debut at the 2011 Hong Kong Women's Sevens.^[3][2][1] She captained the side for the first time at the 2016 Hong Kong Women's Sevens, it was her sixth appearance at the tournament.^[1]

Olson-Thorne was also in the sevens team vying for a spot at the 2016 Summer Olympics via a repechage tournament in Dublin.^[4] She was in the 2021 sevens squad that 'narrowly' missed their chance to qualify for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.^[5]

She co-captained the Hong Kong sevens team at the 2021 Asia Women's Sevens Series, it was a qualifier event for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.^[6][7] However, they lost to Japan in the semifinal and missed their chance.^[8]

Olson-Thorne made her international debut for the Hong Kong women's national rugby union team in 2010.^[1][2] At the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland, she created history when she scored Hong Kong's first World Cup try in their match against Wales.^[9][10]

In 2022, she was named in the squad that played in a two-test series against Kazakhstan in December 2022.^[11][12][13] In 2024, she started in the opening match of the Asia Championship against Japan.^[14][15]