Leah Bartlett

Leah Bartlett (born 28 August 1998) is a Scottish rugby player from Lougborough who has played in the Premier 15s and Women's Six Nations, including the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.[1] She has also played for the England Women's U20 team.[2]

Leah Bartlett
Date of birth (1998-08-28) 28 August 1998
Place of birthLoughborough, England
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loosehead
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016-2018 Loughborough Town ()
2018-present Loughborough Lightning ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020–present Scotland 7 (0)

Club career

Bartlett played for Loughborough Town before moving to Loughborough Lightning in 2018.[3] Bartlett is one of a contingent of Scottish internationals at the Premier 15s club including Jenny Maxwell, Helen Nelson, Emma Wassell and Rachel Malcolm.[4] She frequently starts at Prop for the team.[5] She was part of the Lightning team that finished third in the 2018/19 Tyrells Premier 15s.[6]

International career

Bartlett was selected for the England U20s team in 2016 when she was studying at Loughborough College.[7] In her first match for the squad, she scored in a 38–15 defeat against Army Women in Aldershot.[8] She played in loosehead position and has commented on the match, "The pressure in the scrums was so powerful, like nothing I had experienced before, but we had a strong front row and I just got on with it."[9]

She qualified to play for Scotland through both her parents being Scottish and was first called up to Scotland in January 2020.[10] She received her first cap that month against Spain, a match which the Scottish team won.[11]

In the 2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, which was disrupted by COVID-19, she was selected by coach Philip Doyle to play in the starting match against Ireland.[12] Doyle said of his decision to add Leah to the squad, “I’ve been unbelievably impressed with Leah since she came into the group. She’s got a young head on her shoulders, but she knows her rugby inside out, especially technically at set piece time.” [13] She was one of 12 Loughborough Lightning players called up to represent their country at that year's Women's Six Nations.[14] She also played in matches against Italy, England and France that year.[15][16][17]

In the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship, she played in the matches against England and Italy and came on as a replacement in the deciding match against Wales, which Scotland won.[18] She was one of eleven Loughborough Lightning players to play in the 2021 Six Nations.[19]

Personal life

Bartlett first started playing rugby when she was five at Loughborough Rugby Club.[20]

Bartlett received a BTEC in Sports Science from Loughborough College.[21] While studying there, she was shortlisted for the Personal Achievement category in the college's Pride of Charnwood Awards.[22]

She went on to study Sport and Exercise Science at Loughborough University.[23]

Both Bartlett's parents are Scottish, which is why she qualifies for Scotland. She is one of seven siblings and her brother Ewan once played for the Scottish Exiles.[24]

References
  1. Max. "Leah Bartlett". Women's Rugby Data : Number 1 for Women's Rugby. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  2. "First England cap for Loughborough College rugby player Leah Bartlett". Loughborough College. 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  3. "Leah Bartlett | Sport | Loughborough University". www.lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  4. "Final exams, changing clubs & semi-finals". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  5. "One change for Lightning as Warriors come to town". Loughborough University. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  6. "RFU". www.premier15s.com. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  7. "First England Cap for Loughborough College Rugby Player and Sport Apprentice Leah Bartlett : Skills and Education Group". www.skillsandeducationgroup.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  8. "First England Cap for Loughborough College Rugby Player and Sport Apprentice Leah Bartlett : Skills and Education Group". www.skillsandeducationgroup.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  9. "First England cap for Loughborough College rugby player Leah Bartlett". Loughborough College. 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  10. Palmer, Mark. "Leah Bartlett ready to confront former England team-mates after border crossing". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
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  12. "Leah Bartlett – GH Media". Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  13. "Leah Bartlett – GH Media". Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  14. "Strong Lightning presence in England and Scotland's Six Nations squads". Loughborough University. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  15. "Leah Bartlett". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  16. "Konkel and Rollie named in Scotland squad to face France". www.quins.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  17. "Lightning trio earn Scotland Start". Loughborough University. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  18. "England and Scotland name teams for Saturday's opening round Six Nations match". www.rugbypass.com. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  19. "Lightning players selected for 2021 Six Nations squads". Loughborough University. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  20. "Leah Bartlett – GH Media". Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  21. "First England cap for Loughborough College rugby player Leah Bartlett". Loughborough College. 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  22. "First England cap for Loughborough College rugby player Leah Bartlett". Loughborough College. 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  23. "Leah Bartlett". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  24. "Leah Bartlett". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
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