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= Katie Fitzhenry = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Katie Fitzhenry (born 23 April 1989) is an Irish rugby union player from Coolcotts, Wexford town, Republic of Ireland. She plays at centre for Blackrock College RFC, Leinster Rugby, the Ireland women's national rugby union team and the Ireland women's national rugby sevens team.

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 * 1Club career
 * 2International career
 * 3Personal life
 * 4Honours
 * 5References
 * 6External links

Club career[edit]
== Fitzhenry started playing rugby while at Loreto Secondary School, having previously concentrated oncamogie which she played at underage level for Wexford. After leaving school, she was one of the founding members of Wexford Wanderers RFC's women's team, the Wexford Vixens. To gain competitive experience she joined Blackrock in Dublin in 2010. She made her provincial debut, for Leinster rugby, against Ulster rugby, in 2010. ==

International career[edit]
Fitzhenry was contracted to the Irish 7s team in August 2013 and made her international 7s debut in Guanghzou, China in 2014. She has combined playing 7s and VXs for Ireland and made her Six Nations debut in 2015, against Italy. Her first Six Nations start was against France in 2015.

She played for Ireland in the 2017 World Cup which was hosted by the Irish Rugby Union in Dublin and scored a 75th-minute try in the 7th/8th place playoff in which Wales beat Ireland 27-17.

Fitzhenry missed the 2018 season because of a serious knee injury (cruciate ligament) but returned to international action in 2019 in both 7s and VXs.

Personal life[edit]
Fitzhenry has a degree in Sport and Recreation Management from Waterford IT and has worked fulltime in Irish Rugby Union's anti-doping programme since September 2019.

She has played camogie with the Faythe Harriers club in Wexford and Thomas Davis club in Dublin with whom she also played gaelic football. She was part of the Wexford ladies football squad that won the All-Ireland junior final in 2014 by defeating New York 1-12 to 1-10.

Honours[edit]

 * ?RBS 6 Nations Rugby Women's winner 2012
 * Women's rugby 7s world tournament winner
 * England Women's Rugby Player of the Year Award 2013
 * 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup
 * 2014 WRWC Dream Team
 * 2019 Rugby Union World Player of the Year (Womens)

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External links[edit]

 * Emily Scarratt at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

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 * 1990 births
 * Living people
 * Female rugby union players
 * English female rugby union players
 * Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
 * Olympic rugby sevens players of Great Britain
 * Great Britain national rugby sevens team players
 * England international women's rugby sevens players
 * Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
 * Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
 * Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games