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Gemma Rowland
Gemma Rowland (born 7 February 1989) is a Welsh Rugby Union player who plays centre for the Wales women's national rugby union team, Bristol Bears and the British Army Rugby Union. She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2015, and represented them at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.
Rowland's interest in rugby began when she attended Colston's School in Bristol. At the time, the school's sports curriculum for female students included only hockey, netball, tennis and rounders. This changed when Laura Keates, now an ex-England international rugby player, joined the school, and she and Rowland began a campaign to start an after-school girls' rugby club. The team then went on to win the Rosslyn Park National Schools sevens two years in a row.
Rowland continued to play rugby while studying at the University of Exeter. It was here that she was offered a sports scholarship under the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS).
On joining the Army in 2011, Rowland was selected into the British Army rugby squad, and subsequently the United Kingdom Armed Forces team.
Rowland was deployed to Afghanistan in 2012, and on her return in 2013 signed with premiership club Wasps. She was selected into the Wales squad in 2015.
In a later interview, Rowland said she "never expected to leave Wasps", but following ankle surgery, the travel between her home in Wales and the club ground in Coventry became too challenging. In 2021, she moved to her current team, Bristol Bears.
Rowland made her international debut at the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship, when Wales defeated world champions England in a memorable 13-0 victory at Swansea.
She then represented Wales at both the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as well as subsequent Women's Six Nations Championships.
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Gemma Rowland
Gemma Rowland (born 7 February 1989) is a Welsh Rugby Union player who plays centre for the Wales women's national rugby union team, Bristol Bears and the British Army Rugby Union. She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2015, and represented them at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.
Rowland's interest in rugby began when she attended Colston's School in Bristol. At the time, the school's sports curriculum for female students included only hockey, netball, tennis and rounders. This changed when Laura Keates, now an ex-England international rugby player, joined the school, and she and Rowland began a campaign to start an after-school girls' rugby club. The team then went on to win the Rosslyn Park National Schools sevens two years in a row.
Rowland continued to play rugby while studying at the University of Exeter. It was here that she was offered a sports scholarship under the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS).
On joining the Army in 2011, Rowland was selected into the British Army rugby squad, and subsequently the United Kingdom Armed Forces team.
Rowland was deployed to Afghanistan in 2012, and on her return in 2013 signed with premiership club Wasps. She was selected into the Wales squad in 2015.
In a later interview, Rowland said she "never expected to leave Wasps", but following ankle surgery, the travel between her home in Wales and the club ground in Coventry became too challenging. In 2021, she moved to her current team, Bristol Bears.
Rowland made her international debut at the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship, when Wales defeated world champions England in a memorable 13-0 victory at Swansea.
She then represented Wales at both the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as well as subsequent Women's Six Nations Championships.