Heather Kerr
| Date of birth | 3 September 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Ealing, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Heather Catharine Kerr (born 3 September 1991) is an English rugby union player. She debuted for England at the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship against Ireland. She was named in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad for England.[1][2][3]
Whiile attending Durham University Kerr was persuaded to try rugby out, before 2012 she had never played rugby but made her international debut less than three years later.[4] She holds a BSc degree in Geography and MSc in Risk and Environmental Hazards from Durham (St Mary's College)[5] and completed a Doctorate in Civil Engineering at the same institution in 2019.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "England announce squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup". England Rugby.com. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ Mockford, Sarah (2017-06-29). "England name their squad for their Women's Rugby World Cup defence". Rugby World. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "England announce squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup". ITV News. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ Wilson, Scott (16 September 2017). "Rugby: Darlington Mowden Park Sharks hoping to make a splash in new Premier 15s competition". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
- ^ "Sport Highlights". Dunelm Magazine (04): 40. 2018.
- ^ "RFU - England". RFU. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Alumni of St Mary's College, Durham
- England women's international rugby union players
- English female rugby union players
- People from Ealing
- Rugby union players from the London Borough of Ealing
- Darlington Mowden Park Sharks players
- Rugby union props
- Rugby union hookers
- Barbarian F.C. Women players
- 21st-century English sportswomen