Kathryn Dane
rugby player
Kathryn Dane (born 5 September 1996) is a rugby union player from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. She plays scrum half for Old Belvedere and Ulster Rugby and has represented Ireland since the 2018 Women's Six Nations Championship. She works as a physiotherapist.
Club career
Dane's family home is directly opposite Enniskillen Rugby Club. She took up rugby at Under-8 level but, as a lone girl, had to play with boys’ teams up to U12s.
The only rugby available to her in secondary school at Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School was 'tag rugby' so she concentrated on soccer and also played first team hockey. She returned to rugby after being selected for Ireland's U18 Sevens squad. When she moved to Dublin for study she joined All Ireland League club Old Belvedere and was called up to the Ulster senior squad.
She has won All Ireland League medals in 2015 and 2016 and was Ulster Senior Player of the Year in 2015 and 2019.
International career
Dane was first selected to train with Ireland women's rugby team in 2016.
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