Elen Evans

Elen Evans (born 9 January 1985) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays centre or wing for Caernarfon RFC, the Scarlets and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap against Ireland in the 2004 Women's Six Nations Championship.

Playing career Elen Evans was born in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion on 9 January 1985. , her official Wales Rugby Union biography states that she is tall, and weighs .

She won her first cap for the Wales women's national rugby union team at the age of 18 against Ireland in the 2004 Women's Six Nations Championship. Since then she has commuted four times a week from Dolgellau, Gwynedd, to Cardiff, in order to take part in training.

When she was first called up to the team, she was travelling at her own expense although the team has since paid her travel expenses. She works full-time in Dolgellau at her uncle's (Gwyndaf Evans) car dealership. During the game against Scotland in the 2011 Women's Six Nations Championship she scored four three tries; she scored a further try in another match and ended the tournament as the Welsh top scorer. After she was picked for the Welsh squad at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup, she had to take two weeks of unpaid leave from her job to attend the tournament. At club level, she currently plays for Caernarfon RFC and the Scarlets.