Evie Tonkin
Date of birth | 5 August 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Penrith, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Evie Tonkin (born 5 August 1997) is a Scottish rugby player from Keswick who has played for the Scottish Women's team since 2019, and was named in the squad for the 2020 and 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.[1]
Club career
[edit]Tonkin has played for Darlington Mowden Park Sharks since 2018.[2] Justin Loveridge, the head of programme and co-head coach at DMP Sharks says of her abilities, "Evie has great footwork while her running lines off 13 in attack really cause teams problems and she makes good yards."[3]
Before joining DMP Sharks she played for Harrogate.[4]
Tonkin captained the Leeds Beckett University Women's Rugby team whilst studying for a degree in Sports and Exercise Science.[5] In this time, she led the team to promotion into the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Northern Premiership League.[6]
She has signed for Sale Sharks this season.
International career
[edit]Tonkin was first selected to play for Scotland Women 7s in their debut World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in Biarritz in 2019.[7] That year, she was one of five DMP Sharks named for Scotland's autumn tests.[8] This included playing in tests against Wales and Japan, alongside fellow debutants Evie Gallagher, Sarah Denholm and Alex Wallace.[9][10]
She was included by coach Philip Doyle in the squad for the disrupted 2020 Women's Six Nations Championship.[11] During the championship, she started for Scotland in the match against England, replacing Megan Gaffney.[12] For the match against Ireland she was a substitute for Chloe Rollie at full-back. Doyle explained his decision, "Evie Tonkin played well at full-back in Spain, but this is such a big game and Chloe's experience will be invaluable."[13]
In the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship, she was also part of the squad, although did not play in the matches.[14]
She qualifies to play for Scotland through family connections and was brought into the squad through the Scottish Qualified Programme at Scottish Rugby.[15]
Personal life
[edit]Tonkin first started playing rugby when she was 13 at Keswick Rugby Club.[16] She studied at Leeds Beckett University to gain a PGCE in PE and Geography. A former pupil of Keswick School, she is now a PE teacher there and mentors the school's girls' rugby teams.[17][18][19]
Tonkin studied Sports and Exercise Science BSC Hons at Leeds Beckett University where she gained a 1st in her degree.
References
[edit]- ^ "Evie Tonkin". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "StackPath". www.mowdenpark.com. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ November 2019, Gary Heatly Friday 15. "English leagues can continue to produce talent after rise of Tonkin & Wallace". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Evie Tonkin". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "Evie Tonkin". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "Women's rugby defeat Sheffield University | Leeds Beckett University". www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ Barnes, David (2019-06-10). "Scotland Women's 7s squad for World Series guest appearance in Biarritz". The Offside Line. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ November 2019, Gary Heatly Friday 15. "English leagues can continue to produce talent after rise of Tonkin & Wallace". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Scotland Women: Four uncapped players called up as Malcolm named captain". BBC Sport. 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ Bathgate, Stuart (2019-11-22). "Scotland reshuffle backs and pack for Japan match". The Offside Line. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "Five new caps in Philip Doyle's first Scottish Six Nations squad". The Offside Line. 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "Law and Tonkin start for Scotland". BBC Sport. 2020-02-07. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ Bathgate, Stuart (2020-01-31). "Women's Six Nations: Scotland make three changes for Ireland game". The Offside Line. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "Scotland squad announced for 2021 Women's Six Nations". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ November 2019, Gary Heatly Friday 15. "English leagues can continue to produce talent after rise of Tonkin & Wallace". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Evie Tonkin". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "Keswick under-15 rugby girls take on Penrith in hard-fought game – The Keswick Reminder". Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "Penrith rugby under-15s exceed expectations in fast-paced game - Cumberland and Westmorland Herald". 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "StackPath". www.keswickrugby.com. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
External links
[edit]- 1997 births
- Living people
- Scottish female rugby union players
- People from Keswick, Cumbria
- English people of Scottish descent
- Rugby union players from Penrith, Cumbria
- English female rugby union players
- Scotland women's international rugby union players
- Alumni of Leeds Beckett University
- Darlington Mowden Park Sharks players
- Sale Sharks Women players
- Rugby union wings
- Rugby union fullbacks
- 21st-century English sportswomen