Hannah Darling (rugby union) explained

Hannah Darling
Birth Date:30 May 1996
Birth Place:Peterborough, Ontario
Height:1.74 m
Weight:72 kg
Repteam1:Canada
Ru Sevensnationalyears1:2014-2018
Ru Currentclub:Peterborough Pagans
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Hannah Darling (born May 30, 1996) is a Canadian rugby union player and considered the national seven's team weapon at restarts.[1] [2]

Darling was introduced to rugby union at the age of 14 and made her sevens national debut at the 2014 Hong Kong Invitational Sevens. She won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.[3] In 2016, Darling was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team.[4] In October 2018, she retired from the national sevens team.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hannah Darling . Olympic.ca . . July 10, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160713002517/http://olympic.ca/team-canada/hannah-darling/# . 2016-07-13 . live .
  2. News: Rising star Hannah Darling retires from Canadian women's rugby 7s team CBC Sports. CBC. 2018-10-15. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20181014210643/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/rugby/hannah-darling-retires-rugby-canada-womens-7s-1.4862634#. 2018-10-14. live.
  3. Web site: Hannah Darling . Toronto2015.org . . July 16, 2016 . February 2, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001153/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/rugby-7/athlete-profile-n10152767-darling-hannah.htm . dead .
  4. News: Beth . MacDonnell . Historic first Canadian women selected for Olympic rugby at Rio 2016 . Olympic.ca . . July 8, 2016 . July 10, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160709224209/http://olympic.ca/2016/07/08/historic-first-canadian-women-selected-to-hit-the-olympic-rugby-pitch-at-rio-2016/# . 2016-07-09 . live .