Emma Orr
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| Date of birth | 6 April 2003 | ||||||||
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| Place of birth | Wishaw | ||||||||
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Emma Orr (born 6 April 2003) [1] is a Scottish rugby player from Biggar who plays for the Scotland women's national rugby union team and the Scotland women's national rugby sevens team.
Club career
Orr plays for Biggar RFC, where her family are widely involved in the team. Her sister and brothers have also represented the club.[2] In 2022, she played in the Biggar team which won the National Plate.[3]
International career
Orr made her Scotland sevens debut at the age of 18 in the Rugby Europe Championship in Lisbon in June 2021, in which Scotland finished 5th.[4] Still aged 18, Orr made her Scotland women’s team debut against Wales during the 2022 Women’s Six Nations, winning three caps during the tournament.[5] She was selected to represent the Scotland women’s 7s team at the Toulouse leg of the World Sevens Series in May 2022 [6] and for the squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
References
- ^ "Emma Orr". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ "Silver Saturday: Scotland new cap Emma Orr looks forward to Biggar day out at Murrayfield". The Offside Line. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ "Silver Saturday: Hillhead Jordanhill triumph over Watsonians in Sarah Beaney Cup Final". The Offside Line. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ "Biggar Rugby Club teenager Emma Orr stars for Scotland Sevens Ladies in Lisbon". Glasgow World. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ "Silver Saturday: Scotland new cap Emma Orr looks forward to Biggar day out at Murrayfield". The Offside Line. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ "Lisa Thomson, Chloe Rollie and Emma Orr named in Scotland 7s squad". Border Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-07-28.