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Sadia Kabeya

Kabeya in 2022

Date of birth

22 February 2002 (age 22)

Place of birth

Lewisham

Height

170 cm (5 ft 7 in)

School

Harris City Academy

University

Loughborough University

Rugby union career

Youth career
Position(s)	Flanker
Current team	Loughborough Lightning
2015-2019	Streatham-Croydon R.F.C.
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2019-2020	Richmond Women		()
2020-2021	Wasps Women		()
2021-	Loughborough Lightning		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2019-2020	England U18
2021-	England	13	(15)
National sevens team
Years	Team		Comps
2019-2020	England U18

Sadia Kabeya (born 22 February 2002) is an English rugby union player. She plays for England internationally^[1] and Loughborough Lightning in the Premier 15s.^[2]

Early life and education

A talented teenage field athlete,^[3]^[4] Kabeya was first introduced to rugby at school at Harris City Academy in Croydon, where her PE teacher was Bryony Cleall. Developing an interest in the game, she joined Streatham-Croydon R.F.C.as a teenager.

Club career

Kabeya first played for Richmond Women^[4] before moving to Wasps Women and then Loughborough Lightning.

International career

In September 2019 Kabeya captained^[4] England U18s in the 2019 Rugby Europe Women's U18 Sevens Championship. She made her international debut for the senior England 15s team on 14 November 2021 against Canada^[5] and played against Italy^[6] as England took the grand slam in the 2022 Women's Six Nations Championship.

In September 2021, Kabeya was named in the England squad for the COVID-delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup^[7] and started in the opening game against Fiji,^[8] where she was named Player of the Match.^[9]

References

^ "Sadia Kabeya".
^ "Sadia Kabeya".
^ "Sadia Kabeya Athlete Profile". thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Matt (17 January 2020). "A Bright Future – We chat with Richmond Women's Sadia Kabeya". Sitting In The Cheap Seats. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
^ "Autumn Nations Series and November internationals: Five things we learned". 15 November 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
^ "Preview: Italy v Red Roses". englandrugby.com. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
^ Becky Grey (20 September 2022). "Kabeya and Talling in England World Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
^ Becky Grey (8 October 2022). "England begin World Cup with record 14-try win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
^ "Lessons from England's World Cup opening victory". BBC Sport. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

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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