Ellie Boatman Explained

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.

Career

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wasps winger Ellie Boatman reflects on whirlwind season. Ben. Redwood. Therugbypaper.co.uk. 9 March 2022. 29 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Wasps winger and rugby star Ellie Boatman on sexism and schoolgirl struggles, to tries at Twickenham . Wsportsalliance.com. 29 July 2022.
  3. Web site: 'If I continued the way I was, there is no way I'd be playing for Wasps'. Rugbypass.com. 16 March 2022 . 29 July 2022.
  4. Web site: Ellie Boatman joins Harlequins. Quins.co.uk. 29 July 2022.
  5. Web site: 15 July 2023 . Ellie Boatman joins Ealing Trailfinders .
  6. Web site: RFU. Englandrugby.com. 29 July 2022.
  7. Web site: ENGLAND SQUADS FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS NAMED. Englandrugby.com.
  8. Web site: European Games: Rugby sevens stars zero in on Paris 2024 prize. Team GB. 7 June 2023. 28 June 2023.
  9. Web site: European Games 2023: 'Huge relief' as GB women's sevens team win gold to land Olympics spot. BBC Sport. 27 June 2023. 28 June 2023.
  10. Web site: Welsh speedster Jasmine Joyce makes history with Team GB Paris Olympics call-up. ITV.com. 19 June 2024. 19 June 2024. Matt. Southcombe.
  11. Web site: Around the Games: Day Four of Paris 2024. Team GB. 31 July 2024.