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Welsh international rugby union player

Rugby player

Born (2004-12-17) 17 December 2004 (age 21)

Bangor, Wales

Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)^[1]

Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)^[1]

Position(s) Wing, Fullback

Nel Metcalfe

Born

(2004-12-17) 17 December 2004 (age 21)

Bangor, Wales

Height

168 cm (5 ft 6 in)^[1]

Weight

65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)^[1]

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Wing, Fullback
Current team	Gloucester-Hartpury
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
–2023	Nant Conwy RFC
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2023–2024	Gwalia Lightning
2024–	Gloucester-Hartpury	15	(45)
Correct as of 20 January 2025
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
–2024	Wales U20
2023–	Wales	16	(20)
Correct as of 24 September 2025

Nel Metcalfe (born 17 December 2004) is a Welsh international rugby union player for Gloucester-Hartpury in Premiership Women's Rugby, as well as the Wales national team.

Metcalfe was born on 17 December 2004 in Bangor, Wales.^[2]

Until 2023, she played for Nant Conwy RFC.^[2] In October 2023, aged 18, she made her debut for Wales against the United States and was included in the squad that would travel to New Zealand for the 2023 WXV competition.^[2]^[3] Her first international start was against New Zealand.^[4]

Following the WXV tournament, In December 2023 she was announced in the Gwalia Lightning squad for the 2023–24 Celtic Challenge.^[5]

In January 2024, she played her first games for Gloucester-Hartpury in Premiership Women's Rugby after impressing in the Celtic Challenge.^[6]^[7] In March, she scored a hat-trick against Harlequins and was selected in the Squad for the 2024 Women's Six Nations.^[7]

In June 2024, she was called up to the Wales under-20 team to play in the Six Nations Summer Series.^[8] She was re-called into the senior Welsh side for the 2025 Six Nations Championship in March.^[9]^[10]

On 11 August 2025, she was selected in the Welsh squad to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.^[11]^[12]

References

1 2 "Player | Nel Metcalfe". Gloucester Rugby. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
1 2 3 "Nel Metcalfe". Welsh Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 21 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
↑ "WXV: Wales include new caps Carys Cox and Nel Metcalfe after debuts". BBC Sport. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
↑ Doel, Jon (25 October 2023). "Wales coach changes half the team to face world champions". Wales Online. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
↑ "Brython Thunder and Gwalia Lightning squads named for Celtic Challenge - Welsh Rugby Union". Welsh Rugby Union. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
↑ "Player Stats | Nel Metcalfe". Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
1 2 "Women's Six Nations: Gloucester-Hartpury hat-trick hero Nel Metcalfe targets Wales shirt". BBC Sport. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
↑ "Burgess names Wales U20s squad for Six Nations quest - Welsh Rugby Union". Welsh Rugby Union. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
↑ "NEWS: Wales Women name squad for Guinness Women's Six Nations". Six Nations Rugby. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
↑ Gillespie, Graeme (14 March 2025). "Lynn names 37-strong Wales Women squad for Six Nations". Welsh Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
↑ Coleman-Phillips, Ceri (11 August 2025). "Women's Rugby World Cup: Alex Callender in Wales squad despite injury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
↑ "Lynn names Wales squad for Rugby World Cup 2025". Welsh Rugby Union. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

v t e Gloucester–Hartpury – current squad
Forwards	Jorja Aiono Sarah Beckett Erin Bradley Georgia Brock Mackenzie Carson Tabitha Copson Steph Else Eloise Harris Kelsey Jones Neve Jones Bethan Lewis Alex Matthews Sophie McQueen Branwen Metcalfe Sam Monaghan Maud Muir Niamh O'Dowd Ellena Perry Alaw Pyrs Ranni Samuda Lucy Simpson Zoe Stratford (c) Sisilia Tuipulotu Tilly Vucaj Kate Williams
Backs	Daisy Aspinall Bianca Blackburn Molly Bunker Hannah Dallavalle Megan Davies Lleucu George Lizzie Goulden Ellie Green Tatyana Heard Pip Hendy Natasha Hunt (c) Rachel Lund Nel Metcalfe Abi Pritchard Ellie Rugman Jade Shekells Emma Sing Mia Venner
Head Coach	Dan Murphy

v t e Wales squad – 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Baverstock Callender (cc) Constable (replaced Scoble) Crabb Ma. Davies Evans Fleming Jones King Lewis B. Metcalfe Phillips A. Pyrs G. Pyrs Reardon Rose Scoble Tuipulotu Vucaj Williams (cc)
Backs	Bevan Cox Dallavalle Me. Davies George Joyce-Butchers Keight Lake Lockwood N. Metcalfe Neumann Powell Richards
Coach: Lynn

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