Emily Rudge

Emily Rudge is a British rugby league player who plays for St Helens Women in the Women's Super League. She plays at second-row.[1] Born in Warrington Rudge attended Cardinal Newman High School and first played rugby league for a local Warrington club before joining Thatto Heath Crusaders.[2] While at Thatto Heath she was first selected for the England women's national rugby league team in 2008, aged 16.[3]

Emily Rudge
Personal information
Full nameEmily Rudge
Born1991 or 1992 (age 31–32)
Warrington, England,
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–17 Thatto Heath Crusaders
2018– St Helens 27 15 0 0 60
Total 27 15 0 0 60
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008– England 29 15 0 0 60
Source:
As of 14 November 2022

At the end of the 2018 season Rudge was named captain of the England team for the test match against France and in 2019 was named as England captain for the World 9s tournament in Australia in October 2019 and also the two-match test series against Papua New Guinea in November 2019.[4][5] In the first test match against Papua New Guinea on 9 November 2019 Rudge became the first England player to score four tries in a test match as England won 24–10.[6]

Rudge was one of the three nominees for the 2019 Telegraph Woman of Steel award but lost out to Leeds' Courtney Hill.[2][7]

Away from rugby Rudge is a PE teacher at a high school in St Helens.[8] Rudge is married to Gemma Walsh who also played in the Women's Super League for St Helens' rivals Wigan Warriors Women.[3]

Test match appearances

With her appearance in the October 2021 test match against France, Rudge equalled the record for most test match caps, 24, for England women's national rugby league team.[9]

CapDateOpponentTries
110 Nov 2008 Australia
212 Nov 2008 New Zealand
318 Jul 2009 France1
425 Jul 2009 France1
52 Jul 2011 France2
66 Jul 2011 France
715 Jun 2012 France2
85 Jul 2013 Australia
98 Jul 2013 New Zealand
1011 Jul 2013 France
1113 Jul 2013 France
1217 Jun 2015 France
1320 Jun 2015 France
1422 Oct 2016 France
1521 Jun 2017 France
1616 Nov 2017 Papua New Guinea
1719 Nov 2017 Australia
1822 Nov 2017 Cook Islands
1926 Nov 2017 New Zealand
2027 Oct 2018 France
219 Nov 2019 Papua New Guinea4
2216 Nov 2019 Papua New Guinea1
2325 Jun 2021 Wales2
2423 Oct 2021 France2

References
  1. "Emily Rudge". Saints. St Helen's R.F.C. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. "Warrington-born Emily Rudge nominated for Woman of Steel". Warrington Guardian. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  3. "'You love that person...but you also want them to lose': Meet the married couple going head to head as Women's Super League kicks off". The Daily Telegraph. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  4. "Emily Rudge to captain England Women in France". Rugby Football League. 26 October 2018. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  5. "Emily Rudge: St Helens back-rower to captain England on winter tour". BBC Sport. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  6. "Papua New Guinea 10-24 England: Emily Rudge scores four tries". BBC Sport. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  7. "Jackson Hastings: Salford Red Devils half-back wins 2019 Steve Prescott Man of Steel award". BBC Sport. 6 October 2019.
  8. "St Helens RL ace Emily Rudge flies flag for the women's game". St Helens Reporter. 8 March 2019. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  9. "Rudge to Captain England Women". Saints RLFC. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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