Emma Croker

Emma Croker
After the game in France in 2014
Date of birth (1982-09-29) 29 September 1982
Place of birth Chelmsford, Essex, England
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)

Emma Croker (née Layland; born 29 September 1982) is an English female rugby union player, weight lifter and teacher. She represented England at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup and she was chosen for the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup squad.[1] She is married and she leads the P.E department at Swakeleys School for Girls.[2]

Croker is on the right with a black eye

She is the only mother in the England Rugby team, but Rugby is her passion. She still works as a teacher as the option of playing professionally is not available, despite the raised profile of the women's sport for women after 2014. Croker was playing international rugby in 2017.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Sportsister (July 10, 2014). "Rugby: England Women Name Squad for World Cup". Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  2. ↑ BBC (19 August 2010). "Hooker Croker aims to give England World Cup lift-off". Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "England's women rugby players still need you. Meet Emma Croker: single mum, PE teacher and total legend". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
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