Joanne Yapp
Appearance
Date of birth | September 6, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joanne Yapp (born September 26, 1979) is a former English female rugby union player. She represented England at the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup,[1][2] and 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup.[3] She captained England at the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup.[4]
She played in the qualifier for the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[5][6] In 2011 Yapp was appointed as an athlete mentor for Sky Sports Living for Sport.[7]
She is currently the head coach of EUWRFC, leading them to BUCS gold in 2013 at Twickenham and BUCS gold in 7s in 2014.
References
- ^ "Women's rugby: a newspaper history". womensrugbyhistory.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
- ^ "World Rugby | worldrugby.org". web.archive.org. 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
- ^ Birch, John (2002-05-27). "Women's rugby: a newspaper history: England's world falls apart in final challenge". Women's rugby. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ BBC Sport (3 July 2006). "England Women announce Cup squad". Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ RFU (5 June 2008). "England Women's 7s squad to compete in Rugby World Cup qualifier". Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ ESPN Scrum (RFU) (8 May 2008). "England 7s squads announced". Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ Ian Morgan (31 October 2011). "Former women's rugby skipper Jo Yapp appointed athlete mentor for Sky Sports Living". Retrieved 31 July 2014.