Paula Chalmers
| Full name | Paula Chambers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 June 1972[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paula Chalmers (born 8 June 1972) is a Scottish former rugby union player who made more than 70 appearances for the Scotland women's national rugby union team.
International career[edit]
She played club rugby for Murrayfield Wanderers RFC.
She was representing Scotland at both rugby and hockey until in 1996. After hockey internationals against Ireland and France, she decided it was impossible to continue with both sports at the same level. She opted to pursue playing rugby at international level while limiting her hockey involvement to playing at club level.[2]
She played in the 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup.[1] She was the top points scorer in the 2005 Women's Six Nations Championship with 46 points from five matches. She won her seventieth cap in 2006.[3]
She was selected as captain for Scotland at the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup.[4] The team finished 6th at the tournament and she scored 27 points during the matches.[5]
Family[edit]
Her brother Craig Chalmers won 60 caps for Scotland.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Women's Rugby World Cup 2002. 12 - 26 May 2002. Scotland". www.world.rugby. World Rugby. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "They also switched sports". The Scotsman. 28 October 2001. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "Young Scots crushed at the Stoop". The Scotsman. 25 February 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "Scotland Women finalise RWC squad". BBC Sport. 31 July 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "Player statistics". www.rwcwomens.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "The perils of Paula as Scottish girls struggle to get act together". Scotland on Sunday. 5 February 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2019.