Emma Uren

Emma Uren (born 1 October 1997) is an English rugby union player who plays for Trailfinders Women in Premiership Women's Rugby and Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team.

Early life Born in Chiswick and brought up in Twickenham, she played number of sports growing up, including netball for Middlesex. She was a swimmer in her teenage years and was coached by 2000 Olympic Games competitor Ed Sinclair. She first played for Richmond Borough, winning the London Youth Games aged 11. At Orleans Park School, she played rugby league before taking up union at 16 for Grasshoppers RFC in Isleworth. Uren was further educated at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, studying Strength and Conditioning Sciences. She split her final year of studies into two to take up a contract with the England women's national rugby sevens team.

International career She captained England U20s to their first ever victory against France in France in March 2018. She was a selected as a member of the GB sevens squad for the 2023 European Games. Great Britain won a gold medal at the event and sealed qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games. In June 2024, she was named in the British squad for the Olympic Games. The team finished seventh.

She was named as captain for the Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team for the 2024-25 SVNS series which began at the Dubai Sevens on 30 November 2024.

Personal life Uren is the daughter of Jon and Lotta, a Swedish businesswoman from Stockholm who worked in the music industry before running a Swedish clog selling business. Her father is from Plymouth, and also worked in the music industry, where the pair met. She has a brother, Joey, who is also a rugby union player.