Madison Ashby Explained

Madison Ashby (born 22 January 2001) is an Australian rugby union player. She has represented Australia at sevens rugby at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. She debuted for Australia at the 2019 USA Women's Sevens in Glendale, Colorado.^[1]

Career

Ashby was named in the Australia squad for the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2] ^[3] ^[4] The team came second in the pool round but then lost to Fiji 14–12 in the quarterfinals.^[5]

Ashby won a gold medal with the Australian sevens team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.^[6] ^[7] ^[8] She was a member of the Australian team that won the 2022 Sevens Rugby World Cup held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022.^[9] ^[10]

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