Ashleigh Orchard Explained
| Birth Date: | 21 December 1991 |
| Ru Position: | Fullback |
| Clubs1: | Belfast Harlequins |
Ashleigh Orchard (née Baxter) (born 21 December 1991) is an Irish female rugby union player and coach. She has made 87 appearances for Ireland Sevens in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, and represented Ireland at the Women's Rugby World Cup in 2014 and 2017.[1] [2]
She began playing tag rugby before she joined a club in Lisburn; As of 2014, she played for Belfast Harlequins.[3] For the 2022–23 season, she joined the Ulster Women's coaching team, and took a player-coach role at Cooke RFC. She was named Ulster Rugby Personality of the Year in the 2022 Ulster Rugby Awards.
She studied Aerospace engineering at Queen's University Belfast.[4] She represented Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[5] [6]
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Notes and References
- https://ulster.rugby/content/2021-22-heineken-ulster-rugby-award-winners-revealed "2021-22 Heineken Ulster Rugby Award winners revealed"
- Web site: Ireland women to seek "another level" . IRB.com . 1 May 2014 . 12 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001812/http://www.rwcwomens.com/home/news/newsid%3D2071180.html . 11 September 2014 .
- Web site: Baxter Brimming With Confidence . Irish Rugby.ie(www.Inpho.ie) . 29 July 2014 . 16 September 2014.
- Web site: Queen's Student to represent Ireland in Six Nations . Queen's University Belfast.ac.uk . February 2012 . 16 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140916060514/http://qub.ac.uk/sites/QueensNow/Sport/Name%2C279304%2Cen.html . 16 September 2014 .
- Web site: 2024 . Ireland - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024 . live . 2024-08-01 . www.world.rugby.
- Web site: 2024-06-17 . Ireland Sevens Squads Confirmed For 2024 Paris Olympics . live . 2024-07-27 . Irish Rugby . en-US.
