Birth Date: | 13 May 1997 |
Repsevensyears2: | 2023– |
Repyears1: | 2022– |
Years1: | 2018–2019 |
Years2: | 2019–20 |
Years3: | 2020–2022 |
Years4: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs1: | Saracens Women |
Clubs3: | Wasps Women |
Clubs5: | Ealing Trailfinders Women |
Years5: | 2023– |
Ellie Boatman (born 13 May 1997) is an English rugby union player who plays for Ealing Trailfinders in Premiership Women's Rugby.
Boatman started playing rugby aged four in Camberley. From the age of 11 she played junior rugby for London Irish, and after a brief hiatus from the sport, began playing again at the University of Southampton and for a local Hampshire side Trojans RFC. Boatman joined Wasps in 2020 following spells with Saracens and Richmond. International recognition with the England sevens followed and she was England’s highest try scorer in the Malaga and Seville sevens with nine tries.[1] [2] [3] Boatman is set to play for Harlequins in the 2022/23 Premier 15’s season.[4] Boatman left Harlequins to join Ealing Trailfinders Women prior to the 2023/24 Premiership Women's Rugby season.[5]
Boatman was selected to play for England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in rugby sevens.[6] She was named in the England squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022.[7] She was a selected as a member of the GB sevens squad for the 2023 European Games.[8] Great Britain won a gold medal at the event and sealed qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games.[9] In June 2024, she was named in the British sevens squad for the Olympic Games.[10] The team finished seventh.[11]