Chloe Rollie

Chloe Rollie (born 26 June 1995, Edinburgh) is a Scottish international rugby union footballer who currently plays as a full-back for Harlequins Women in the Premier 15s, as well as the Scottish national team.[1]

Chloe Rollie
Date of birth (1995-06-26) 26 June 1995
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight61 kg (9 st 8 lb; 134 lb)
SchoolJedburgh Grammar School
Occupation(s)Professional Rugby Player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full-back
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Melrose
Murrayfield Wanderers		 ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017–19
2019–present		 Lille
Harlequins Women		 ()
Correct as of 20 July 2020
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–
2016-		 Scotland
Scotland 7s		 36
 (55)
Correct as of 20 July 2020

Background

Rollie was raised in Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders. She attended Parkside Primary school and Jedburgh Grammar School.[1] After school, she attended the Borders College and Edinburgh College to study sports science. Before turning professional, she worked as a labourer and a dump truck driver for an excavation company. In her teens, she also played football for Heart of Midlothian Football Club.[2]

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Rollie played her youth rugby with Jedburgh mini-rugby and Galashiels where, playing alongside boys, she came through the age grades. After leaving school, she played for the women's teams at Melrose RFC and Murrayfield Wanderers.[2]

Professional career

Rollie was awarded a place in the Scottish Rugby Academy for season 2017-18. She is a Stage 3 player for Lille Metropole Rugby Club Villeneuvois. On accepting this award, she became only the second Scottish woman to turn professional.[3]

Rollie made her debut for Lille Metropole Rugby Club Villeneuvois on 1 October 2017, kicking five conversions in a victory over AC Bobigny 93.[4]

International career

Rollie received her first international cap in the opening match of the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship, with Scotland succumbing to a 42-0 defeat at the hands of the French.[5] She scored her first points for the national team with a brace against Italy in the 2017 Women's Six Nations Championship, seeing her named player of the match.[6] In the 2018 Women's Six Nations Championship, she gained widespread plaudits for a try which saw her run the length of the field to secure the decisive points in Scotland's first away Six Nations win for 12 years.[7]

In 2016, Rollie was called up to the Scotland 7s team. She made her debut in the first leg of the European Women's Sevens Championship in Prague, scoring eight tries.[1] In the 2017 competition, held in Ostrava, she was a member of the team who won the trophy without conceding a point.[8]

She was an integral part in the Scotland 7s squad that gained promotion to the Rugby Europe Grand Prix in 2018 and were invited to the Hong Kong 7s Qualification Event in April 2019, finishing second to Brazil, as well as the 2020 Challenger Series in Hong Kong. The side were then the invitational team at the French leg of the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in Biarritz in June 2019, with Rollie being part of the squad.

Rollie was named as one of six Scottish players included in the wider training squad for the Great Britain 7s team ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.[9]

References
  1. "Chloe Rollie Profile". Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. "Interview with an International Full Back (Pt. 1) – Scotland Rugby and LMRCV's Chloe Rollie". Edinburgh Reporter. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  3. "Scotland's Chloe Rollie, Lisa Thomson sign pro contracts". ESPN. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  4. "Rugby – Lille Metropole Rugby Club Villenuevois v AC Bobigny 93, French Top 8". Edinburgh Reporter. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  5. "Women's Six Nations 2015: France 42-0 Scotland". BBC. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  6. "Women's Six Nations: Scotland 14-12 Italy". BBC. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  7. "Ireland fall to first defeat to Scotland in 12 years". RTE. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  8. "Scotland Womens [sic] performed in Ostrava". Rugby Europe. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  9. https://www.scottishrugby.org/news/forrest-names-extended-gb-womens-rugby-7s-squad. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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