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Maud Muir

Muir in 2022

Date of birth

12 July 2001 (age 23)

Place of birth

Oxford, England

Rugby union career

Senior career
Position(s)	Prop
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2018-2022	Wasps Women		()
2022-present	Gloucester-Hartpury		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2021-present	England	25	(10)

Maud Moyra Hazel Muir (born 12 July 2001) is an English rugby union player. She has played for England in the Six Nations and the 2021 Rugby World Cup.^[1] She plays for Gloucester-Hartpury at club level.^[2]

International career

Muir has been a member of the England U20s and U18s sides.^[3] In 2021, she was named as part of the England squad for the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championships as one of six development players on the side.^[4]

She was a non-playing reserve in the opening two Six Nations games against Scotland and Italy.^[4] She was named in the England squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup held in New Zealand in October and November 2022.^[5]

Club career

Muir joined Wasps Women in 2018. It is her first senior club side.^[6]^[7]

In 2022, Muir left Wasps to join Gloucester-Hartpury.^[2] She was part of the team that won the 2022–23 Premier 15s title.^[2]

Early life and education

Muir began playing rugby in Oxford. She joined the Oxford Harlequins (U6-U11) and then moved to the Gosford All Blacks, joining the U15 and later U18 sides.^[3]

She represented the South West at age grade level and moved to the Wasps' Centre of Excellence before joining the senior team.

She was awarded a Brunel Sports Scholarship, allowing her to train as a professional athlete while studying a sports science degree.

Muir is also a keen cricketer.^[3]

References

^ "Maud Muir". RFU. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "England international Maud Muir signs with Gloucester-Hartpury". Gloucester Rugby. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "RUGBY UNION: Maud Muir named in England women's U20 squad". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
^ ^a ^b April 2021, Joe Harvey Thursday 15. "Maud Muir Exclusive: The teenage prop making an impression for Wasps and England". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-06-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Rugby World Cup: Sadia Kabeya and Morwenna Talling in England squad". BBC Sport.
^ "Maud Muir". Wasps Legends Charitable Foundation. 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
^ "'This is the evolution of a sport'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-06-07.

External links

v t e England squad – 2021 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Aldcroft Bern Botterman Brown Cleall Cokayne Cornborough Davies Galligan Hunter (C) Kabeya Keates Matthews Muir O'Donnell M. Packer Powell Talling Ward Harper (injury replacement)
Backs	Aitchison Breach Dow Harrison Heard Infante Kildunne MacDonald McKenna L. Packer Rowland Scarratt (VC) Thompson
Coach: Middleton

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