| Abbie Fleming | |
| Birth Date: | 31 March 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Exeter, England |
| Height: | 175 cm |
| Weight: | 74 kg |
| Occupation: | Physiotherapist, rugby player |
| Ru Position: | Flanker / Lock |
| Ru Currentteam: | Exeter Chiefs Women |
| Ru Amateurclubs: | Llandaff North |
| Clubs1: | Cardiff Blues |
| Points1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020– |
| Clubs2: | Exeter Chiefs |
| Apps2: | 27 |
| Points2: | 0 |
| Repyears1: | 2019– |
| Repteam1: | Wales |
| Repcaps1: | 3 |
Abbie Fleming (born 31 March 1996) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays flanker for the Wales women's national rugby union team and lock for Exeter Chiefs in the Premier 15s.[1] She made her international debut for Wales against Spain in 2019.[2] [3]
Fleming began playing rugby at the age of 12. Following a move to Wales from her hometown of Exeter she played for Llandaff North RFC and then Cardiff Blues in Welsh regional rugby, captaining the side in the summer of 2019.[4] She joined Exeter Chiefs in 2020.
Fleming won her first cap against Spain in the 2019 Autumn Internationals and subsequently represented Wales at the 2021 Six Nations Championship.[5] She has also played against the Barbarians at the Principality Stadium.
In January 2022, She was one of 31 Welsh players who have received full-time contracts.[6] [7] She was selected for Wales sevens squad for the Lisbon leg of the 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series.[8]
Fleming has won three caps in her rugby career to date. She played in the warm-up match against Canada ahead of the World Cup.[9] [10] She was selected in Wales squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[11] [12]
Fleming was temporarily unable to play rugby following an ACL reconstruction procedure in April 2019.
Outside of rugby, Fleming is a qualified community and hospital physiotherapist in Bridgend, South Wales.[13] During the COVID-19 pandemic she was on the NHS frontline working as part of the respiratory on-call rota at Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.[14]