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Jade Knight (born 6 February 1989) is a Welsh Rugby Union player who plays scrum half for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Saracens. She made her debut for the Wales national team in 2018, and was part of the squad for the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.

Club career
Knight first began playing rugby as a child, but a lack of provision for girls in her area meant that at the age of 12 she moved to football. She played football for Wales at Under-19 level, where she received her first cap, but a knee injury at the age of 16 forced her to give up the sport.

After an operation and period of rehabilitation, Knight returned to sport first through touch rugby and later full-contact rugby.

She first played with Waunarlwydd, before moving to Gorseinon where she captained the team.

During her club career Knight has played for Scarlets, Ospreys and Cardiff Quins, and served as captain for Richmond Women in the Women's Premiership.

Knight then joined Saracens Women of the Premier 15s as a frequent player of the development side midway through the 2018-19 season.

International career
Knight was called up for the 2014 Women's Six Nations Championship where she was due to earn her first senior international cap, but was unable to take part after becoming pregnant.

She then made her Wales debut at the 2018 Women’s Six Nations Championship in a match against Scotland.

Knight has earned six caps in her rugby career to date.

Personal life
As a child, Knight attended Ysgol Dewi Sant and Ysgol Y Strade. She then studied medical genetics at Swansea University before later going on to study midwifery at King's College London, a path she was inspired to pursue after battling tokophobia while pregnant with her son, Emrys.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Knight was separated from her husband and son for several months while she worked long shifts at St Mary's Hospital in London.

Her uncle is former rugby player Mark Taylor, who was capped 52 times for Wales and scored the first ever try at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium in 1999.