Marlie Packer

Marlie Packer (born 2 October 1989) is a female rugby union player for England. She was part of the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup squad.[1]

Marlie Packer
in 2014
Date of birth (1989-10-02) 2 October 1989
Place of birthYeovil, Somerset, England
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose Forward
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017
2016
2013
2009
2007–2009		 Saracens Women
Bristol
Wasps
Bristol
Bath		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008–present  England 51 (50)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2013  England

Career

Packer began playing rugby at an early age for the Ivel Barbarians.[2] She played for Bath in 2007 to 2009 with teammate Natasha Hunt, then later joined Bristol. Packer currently plays for Saracens Women.[3]

She was part of the English squad to the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. She was named in the squad for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[4][5]

Personal life

Packer is a plumber by profession and worked for HomeServe until she was offer a professional contact. [6][7] She owns a dog named Sunny.

In November 2018 she was banned from driving for 17 months after being convicted of drink driving. She had collided with another vehicle after swerving her van into oncoming traffic while almost two times the drink drive limit. This was her second conviction for drink driving having been convicted of drink driving and failing to stop after a crash in 2007.[8]

References
  1. Alison Donnelly (Scrum Queens) (July 2014). "England name WC squad". Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  2. WGSweet (Western Gazette) (18 August 2014). "Women's Rugby World Cup: Marlie Packer helps England to trophy". Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  3. ChronSport (18 August 2014). "Former Bath Rugby duo Natasha Hunt and Marlie Packer help England to Women's Rugby World Cup glory". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  4. "England announce squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup". RFU. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  5. Mockford, Sarah (2017-06-29). "England name their squad for their Women's Rugby World Cup defence". Rugby World. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  6. RBS 6 Nations. "Marlie Packer". Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  7. Independent.co.uk (4 August 2014). "Plumber Marlie Packer happy to forget day job as England eye-up final". Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  8. "Rugby World Cup winner could lose job after new drink-drive conviction". Evening Standard. 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2019-01-22.


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