Sarah Beale
Date of birth | 12 July 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sarah Elizabeth Beale (born 12 July 1982) is an English female rugby union player. She represented England at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup.[1] Beale made her test debut in 2007 and before that represented England Students in 2003, the Academy the following year and England A in 2005. In 2010, Beale was diagnosed with muscular cancer, after a successful surgery she proved herself and was selected to play in the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup.[2]
In 2018, Beale achieved her goal of competing at her second World Championship level event, at the 70.3 Ironman World Championships in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ BBC (20 August 2010). "Lichfield Ladies four set to make rugby World Cup bow". Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ RFU (31 August 2010). "England stars visit children at Royal Surrey County Hospital". Retrieved 27 July 2014.