Emily Scarratt

Emily Scarratt MBE currently plays for Loughborough Lightning and the England women’s team. This skillful outside centre is best known for securing England’s win at the 2014 World Cup.

Born in Leicester on 8 February 1990, Scarratt enjoyed a range of sports as a child. This included rounders, hockey and basketball. In fact, she was offered a basketball scholarship in the United States at the age of 16 but turned it down.

Scarratt began her career at Leicester Forest before moving to Lichfield Ladies in 2007. She made her England debut one year later and scored an impressive 12 tries across 12 matches. Her success continued in 2009, when she was the joint top try scorer in the 2009 Six Nations. She replicated her achievement during the next two tournaments, becoming the top try scorer in 2010 and the top point scorer in 2011.

Fast forward to the 2014 Rugby World Cup and Scarratt secured victory for England by scoring 16 points against Canada in the final. She was also the top scorer in the tournament, finishing with a whopping 70 points.

Scarratt captained the England Sevens team to a fourth place finish at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Two years later, she signed for Loughborough Lightning. In the same year, she was included in the squad that won bronze at the Commonwealth Games and third at the Rugby World Cup Sevens.

An exceptional and talented player, Scarratt was named as Rugby Union World Player of the Year and World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year in 2019. She won the Grand Slam in 2019 and again in 2020, when she also became England’s highest ever point scorer.

With accomplishments worthy of an MBE for services to rugby union, there’s no telling what Emily Scarratt could do next.