Birth Date: | 21 February 2000 |
Repyears1: | 2022 - |
Repsevensyears2: | 2023 - |
Birth Place: | Gillingham |
Height Cm: | 160 |
Weight Kg: | 57 |
Isla Norman-Bell (born 21 February 2000) is an English rugby union player.[1]
Born in Gillingham, Kent, England, but brought up from the age of two in New Zealand, Norman-Bell was first called up to train with England sevens in December 2021.[2] Prior to this, Norman-Bell attended the University of Auckland, and in 2019 she was named their sportswoman of the year. She was given a place on the New Zealand Women’s Sevens Development team to tour internationally and later played for the New Zealand Open Women’s Touch team at the World Championships in Malaysia. Norman-Bell was named in the 2019 Vodafone Warriors Women’s team that played in the NRL Touch Premiership, and played on the wing for Auckland Storm in the Farah Palmer Cup.[3] [4]
Norman-Bell was selected to play for England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in rugby sevens.[5] 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.[6] She was a selected as a member of the GB sevens squad for the 2023 European Games.[7] Great Britain won a gold medal at the event and sealed qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games.[8] In June 2024, she was named in the British squad for the Olympic Games.[9] The team finished seventh.[10]