Evie Tonkin

Evie Tonkin (born 5 August 1997) is an English rugby player from Keswick who has played for the Scottish Women's team since 2019, and was named in the squad for the 2020 and 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.

Club career Tonkin has played for Darlington Mowden Park Sharks since 2018. Justin Loveridge, the head of programme and co-head coach at DMP Sharks says of her abilities, "Evie has great footwork while her running lines off 13 in attack really cause teams problems and she makes good yards."

Before joining DMP Sharks she played for Harrogate.

She has signed for Sale Sharks this season.

International career Tonkin was first selected to play for Scotland Women 7s in their debut World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in Biarritz in 2019. That year, she was one of five DMP Sharks named for Scotland's autumn tests.

She was included by coach Philip Doyle in the squad for the disrupted 2020 Women's Six Nations Championship. During the championship, she started for Scotland in the match against England, replacing Megan Gaffney. For the match against Ireland she was a substitute for Chloe Rollie at full-back. Doyle explained his decision, "Evie Tonkin played well at full-back in Spain, but this is such a big game and Chloe's experience will be invaluable."

In the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship, she was also part of the squad, although did not play in the matches.

She qualifies to play for Scotland through family connections and was brought into the squad through the Scottish Qualified Programme at Scottish Rugby.

Tonkin studied Sports and Exercise Science BSC Hons at Leeds Beckett University where she gained a 1st in her degree.