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Claire Allan

Date of birth	(1985-05-07) 7 May 1985 (age 39)
Height	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, Fullback Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) Saracens () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007–2016 England 36 (75) National sevens teams Years Team Comps 2009–2022 England 7s 2016 Great Britain 7s
Medal record Women's rugby sevens Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Team competition

Claire Louise Allan (born 7 May 1985) is an English rugby union player. She represented England at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup and Great Britain in rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Career

Allan was a member of England's squad to the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. She played at both the 2009 and 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

She represented Team GB at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Allan was educated at Orleans Park School, Twickenham, and earned a BTEC in Sport and Exercise at Loughborough University. She is a police officer.

References

1. Alison Donnelly (Scrum Queens) (July 2014). "England name WC squad". Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
2. IRB.com (21 November 2012). "On the spot: Claire Allen & Alice Richardson". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
3. IRB.com (5 December 2012). "England Women name RWC Sevens training squad". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
4. "Allan, Claire". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
5. "RFU – England". englandrugby.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
6. The IrishWorld (27 August 2014). "Rugby World Cup winning police officer returns to duty". Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

External links

• Claire Allan at Team GB
• Claire Allan at Olympics.com
• Claire Allan at Olympedia (archive)
• "RFU Player Profile". Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

• 1985 births
• Living people
• England women's international rugby union players
• English female rugby union players
• Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic rugby sevens players for Great Britain
• Great Britain women's international rugby sevens players
• Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
• Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
• People educated at Orleans Park School
• Alumni of Loughborough University
• Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
• England international women's rugby sevens players
• Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for England
• Rugby union centres
• Rugby union fullbacks
• 21st-century English sportswomen