Paula Chalmers Explained

Fullname:Paula Chambers
Birth Date:8 June 1972[1]
Height:1.66m
Weight:65kg
Position:scrum half
Years1: 
Clubs1:Murrayfield Wanderers
Repyears1:–2006
Clubupdate:11 September 2019
Repupdate:11 September 2019

Paula Chalmers (born 8 June 1972) is a Scottish former rugby union player who made more than 70 appearances for the Scotland women's national rugby union team.

International career

She played club rugby for Murrayfield Wanderers RFC.

She was representing Scotland at both rugby and hockey until in 1996. After hockey internationals against Ireland and France, she decided it was impossible to continue with both sports at the same level. She opted to pursue playing rugby at international level while limiting her hockey involvement to playing at club level.[2]

She played in the 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup.[1] She was the top points scorer in the 2005 Women's Six Nations Championship with 46 points from five matches. She won her seventieth cap in 2006.[3]

She was selected as captain for Scotland at the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup.[4] The team finished 6th at the tournament and she scored 27 points during the matches.[5]

Family

Her brother Craig Chalmers won 60 caps for Scotland.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's Rugby World Cup 2002. 12 - 26 May 2002. Scotland . www.world.rugby . . 11 September 2019.
  2. News: They also switched sports . . 28 October 2001. 11 September 2019.
  3. News: Young Scots crushed at the Stoop . The Scotsman . 25 February 2006. 11 September 2019.
  4. News: Scotland Women finalise RWC squad . . 31 July 2006. 11 September 2019.
  5. Web site: Player statistics . https://web.archive.org/web/20071016174856/http://www.rwcwomens.com/EN/Statistics/Player+stats/player+statistics.htm-EventId%3D937%26MethodId%3DPoints.htm . 16 October 2007 . www.rwcwomens.com . 2 May 2020 . dead .
  6. News: The perils of Paula as Scottish girls struggle to get act together . . 5 February 2006 . 11 September 2019.