Katy Daley-McLean

Katy McLean
Date of birth (1985-12-19) 19 December 1985 (age 39)
Place of birthSouth Shields, Tyne & Wear, England
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight70 kg (11 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flyhalf
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–2017 Darlington Mowden Park Sharks ()
2017–2020 Loughborough Lightning ()
2020–2021 Sale Sharks Women ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007–2020 England 116 (542)
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2016
2017		 Great Britain
England

Katy Daley-McLean MBE (born 19 December 1985) is an English retired rugby union player, who captained England Women. She also featured for Loughborough Lightning.[1][2]

Playing career

She played for England as captain and at fly-half for the Loughborough Lightning in the Premier 15s. As captain, Daley-McLean led England to victory against Canada in the final of the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup held in France.[1] She was thereafter bestowed with an MBE in the 2014 New Year Honours.[2] As a part of Team Great Britain, Daley-McLean also placed fourth, at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]

McLean was later named in the squad for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[4][5] In December 2020, she brought her international career to a close.[6]

Personal life

Katy graduated from the University of Sunderland with a BSc in Sports Studies in 2007. During 2015 she was made an honorary fellow of the University. She also works as a professional teacher.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b "England Senior Women Katy Mclean". englandrugby.com. Rugby Football Union.
  2. ^ a b "MBE for England's Katy Mclean". rfu.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Katy Daley-Mclean: "I've never experienced anything on the scale of Rio"". world.rugby.com. World Rugby. 23 January 2021.
  4. ^ "England announce squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup". RFU. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  5. ^ Mockford, Sarah (29 June 2017). "England name their squad for their Women's Rugby World Cup defence". Rugby World. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Barbarians double-header: Katy Daley-Mclean to finish playing career with Baa-Baas appearance". bbc.com. BBC. 26 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Katy McLean skips school for tough French test - International - Rugby Union - The Independent". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  8. ^ "International Women's Day: Inspiring University of Sunderland graduates". sunderland.ac.uk. Sunderland University.