Jasmine Joyce

Jasmine Joyce (born 9 October 1995) is a Welsh rugby union player.[1] Joyce, who plays at wing, has been capped at national level as part of the Wales women's national rugby sevens team and In 2016, she was named as part of the Great Britain sevens team to play at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

Jasmine Joyce
Date of birth (1995-10-09) 9 October 1995
Place of birthSt Davids, Wales
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight121 lb (55 kg; 8 st 9 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) wing
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Pontyclun Falcons ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Scarlets ()
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2016
2015–present		 Great Britain
Wales

Youth

Joyce was born in St Davids in Wales in 1995.[1] She was educated at Ysgol Dewi Sant before matriculating to Cardiff Metropolitan University.[2][3]

Rugby career

Joyce began playing rugby as a child, joining the mini-section of St. Davids RFC under the coaching influence of the Richards brothers Carwyn and Geriant.[2] At the age of 12, with inter-gender rugby unavailable, she switched to Haverfordwest RFC to join the ladies youth team.[2] At the age of 15 she was talent spotted by scouts for the Scarlets.[4] She joined the Scarlets Ladies under-18 programme, and in her first match she made a brief substitution appearance as a forward.[4] After impressing with her speed in training she was placed on the wing, and scored three tries on her full debut against the Dragons.[4] She quickly became an integral part of the under 18s team and soon progressed to the senior squad.[4]

Joyce was selected as part of the Wales A Squad for the UK school games in 2013. From there she was called into the Welsh squad to train for the extended Six Nations Wales squad.[5] In 2015, whilst studying at Cardiff, Joyce was selected to play for the Wales women's national rugby sevens team for the Dubai Sevens tournament.[5] From that point she was a regular to the Women's Sevens team and played for Wales at the 2015 European Championships that was held over two legs in Russia and France.[2]

She recently represented the Barbarians Rugby Club in the first women's BaaBaas game against the Red Roses.

In 2016, she was selected for the Great Britain rugby sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was the only player from Wales in the squad, with the other 11 players all coming from the England national team.[6]

References
  1. "Rio 2016: Wales' biggest overseas Olympic contingent ready for opening ceremony". BBC Sport. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. Watson, Fraser. "Former Ysgol Dewi Sant pupil Jasmine Joyce is ready for Rio as she heads to the 2016 Olympic Games with Team GB". westerntelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  3. Watson, Fraser. "Jasmine in sevens heaven in Dubai". westerntelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  4. Gillespie, Graeme (5 August 2016). "Rio de Janeiro - and all that Jaz!". wru.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  5. "Jasmine Joyce jetting to Dubai 7's!". cardiffmetsu.co.uk. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  6. "Welsh Sevens star Jasmine Joyce handed sound advice from Sir Clive Woodward!". walesonline.co.uk. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.


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