Ellie Miles

Ellie Miles (born 7 February 1999)[1] is a women's rugby union player from Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England who plays for Harlequins Ladies[2] in the Premier 15s[3] as a scrum-half or wing.[4][5] She started her career at her hometown club Tunbridge Wells RFC and helped coach rugby at her school, Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School before joining Harlequins Ladies.[6] She has been noted as an up-and-coming female rugby player.[7]

Ellie Miles
Date of birth (1999-02-07) 7 February 1999
Place of birthRoyal Tunbridge Wells, England
SchoolTunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Harlequins Ladies
Youth career
2014   2017 Tunbridge Wells
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017– Harlequins ()

Career

Miles first started playing rugby union at Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School. She then joined Tunbridge Wells RFC, for whom her father had played as captain and coach,[8] when they first set up their girls' youth team in 2014.[9][10][11] She eventually became the captain of Tunbridge Wells under-18s and used her position to help run and coach the rugby club at her school.[6] Later in that year, she was called up by the Kent Rugby Football Union to represent Kent under-18 Ladies and from there went to play for the London and South East under 18 Ladies team in both rugby union and rugby sevens.[10] She also represented England South East in the rugby sevens competition at the School Games in 2016 at Loughborough University[12] as well as in the national Division Series.[13]

In 2016, she joined Women's Premiership club Aylesford Bulls Ladies and captained Kent U18s again but was injured before being selected for London and South-East trials.[1] She remained with Aylesford during their rebrand as Harlequins Ladies for the first Premier 15s season.[14] After starting the season playing for Harlequins Ladies II[5] she made her debut against Worcester Valkyries as a substitute.[14] Miles made her first Harlequins start in December against Waterloo Ladies, where she scored a try.[15] In 2016, Miles was honoured by the Tunbridge Wells government.[16][17]

Personal life

In 2016, Miles was nominated for her rugby volunteering work for a Tunbridge Wells Borough Council civic award for sports achievement.[18]

References
  1. "Ellie Miles". Harlequins. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. "Ellie Miles". Women's Elite Rugby. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. "Ellie Miles". Women's Elite Rugby. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  4. "Coaches Corner with Karen Findlay". Harlequins. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. "Lichfield Ladies 6 – 19 Harlequins Ladies II". Lichfield RUFC. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  6. "Bid for More Rugby Girls". Kent and Sussex Courier. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  7. Roy, Rhiannon. "Time & Leisure Local Lifestyle Magazine". timeandleisure.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  8. "That's miles better – now for survival..." Kent and Sussex Courier. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  9. Myers, Rebecca. "Harlequins starlet Ellie Miles blazes a trail in the Tyrell's Premier 15s".
  10. "In the Running for Group and Sports Awards". Kent and Sussex Courier. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  11. "Tunbridge Wells U15 Girls". Tunbridge Wells RFC. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  12. "2016 School Games Rugby Sevens Squads Announced –". Schoolgamesfinals.org. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  13. "State of the nation: Youth and Ladies sections". Tunbridge Wells RFC. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017 – via Google Webcache.
  14. "Harlequins Ladies make four changes to team to face Worcester Valkyries". Harlequins. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  15. Zorab, Jack (17 December 2017). "Breach is at it again as 'Wood are well beaten". The Rugby Paper. No. 483. London. p. 44. ISSN 1758-874X.
  16. "2017 Awards Winners – Tunbridge Wells Borough Council". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  17. "Love Where We Live Awards Ceremony – Tunbridge Wells Borough Council". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  18. Administrator (19 October 2016). "Double honour for Nourish at Love Where We Live awards". Times of Tunbridge Wells. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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