| Birth Date: | 5 August 1997 |
| Ru Position: | Left wing or Full Back |
| Birth Place: | Penrith, England |
| Points1: | 15 |
| Apps1: | 35 |
| Clubs2: | Sale Sharks |
| Clubs1: | DMP Sharks |
| Years2: | 2021- present |
| Years1: | 2018-2021 |
| Repyears1: | 2019–present |
| Repcaps1: | 5 |
Evie Tonkin (born 5 August 1997) is a Scottish rugby player from Keswick who has played for the Scottish Women's team since 2019, and was named in the squad for the 2020 and 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.[1]
Tonkin has played for Darlington Mowden Park Sharks since 2018.[2] Justin Loveridge, the head of programme and co-head coach at DMP Sharks says of her abilities, "Evie has great footwork while her running lines off 13 in attack really cause teams problems and she makes good yards."[3]
Before joining DMP Sharks she played for Harrogate.[4]
Tonkin captained the Leeds Beckett University Women's Rugby team whilst studying for a degree in Sports and Exercise Science.[5] In this time, she led the team to promotion into the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Northern Premiership League.[6]
She has signed for Sale Sharks this season.
Tonkin was first selected to play for Scotland Women 7s in their debut World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in Biarritz in 2019.[7] That year, she was one of five DMP Sharks named for Scotland's autumn tests.[8] This included playing in tests against Wales and Japan, alongside fellow debutants Evie Gallagher, Sarah Denholm and Alex Wallace.[9] [10]
She was included by coach Philip Doyle in the squad for the disrupted 2020 Women's Six Nations Championship.[11] During the championship, she started for Scotland in the match against England, replacing Megan Gaffney.[12] For the match against Ireland she was a substitute for Chloe Rollie at full-back. Doyle explained his decision, "Evie Tonkin played well at full-back in Spain, but this is such a big game and Chloe's experience will be invaluable."[13]
In the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship, she was also part of the squad, although did not play in the matches.[14]
She qualifies to play for Scotland through family connections and was brought into the squad through the Scottish Qualified Programme at Scottish Rugby.[15]
Tonkin first started playing rugby when she was 13 at Keswick Rugby Club.[16] She studied at Leeds Beckett University to gain a PGCE in PE and Geography. A former pupil of Keswick School, she is now a PE teacher there and mentors the school's girls' rugby teams.[17] [18] [19]
Tonkin studied Sports and Exercise Science BSC Hons at Leeds Beckett University where she gained a 1st in her degree.