Maggie Alphonsi

Maggie Alphonsi
Date of birth December 20, 1983
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Flanker
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
Saracens
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
 England 70

Margaret "Maggie the Machine" Alphonsi MBE (born 20 December 1983) is an English women's rugby player who plays as a flanker for Saracens W.R.F.C. and England.[1] She is of African-Caribbean descent. She was Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year in 2010. Maggie was born in Lewisham, South London, and was also born with club foot, which she had to over come in order to play rugby. She retired shortly after England's win of the France 2014 World Cup and now continues to coach and promote female participation and coaching in sport. She is also one of four Rugby World Cup 2015 Ambassadors along with Lawrence Dallaglio, Will Greenwood and Jonny Wilkinson and is an ambassador of several not-for-profits and charities including Peace One Day, Wooden Spoon, Sporting Equals and SKRUM which aims to give the youth of Africa hope for the future through rugby. She has played in two XVs Rugby World Cups and in 2012 shared in a record-breaking seventh successive Six Nations title and a sixth Grand Slam in seven years. There was also the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year prize in 2010 and the prestigious Pat Marshall award from the Rugby Union Writers’ Club, where she pipped New Zealand captain, Richie McCaw, to the gong to become the first woman to claim the prize in its 50-year history. Joined Gareth Malone and other celebrities in making the 2014 Children in Need official single.

References

  1. ↑ "Margaret Alphonsi - Official RFU England Profile". rfu.com. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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