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Jennifer Lyne

b. 1972

English rugby union player

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Born 1972. Jennifer Lyne is a British rugby union player.

Jennifer Lyne (née Philips, Richardson) (born 29 May 1972) is a British former rugby union player who played at both Blindside Flanker and Lock for .

Lyne started her career at the Chichester RFC, before playing for Crawley, Richmond and Saracens first teams. She was selected for her first England match against Wales, where she came on as a replacement to score her first international try. She was part of the England squad that beat New Zealand Black Ferns at home during an international tour in June 2001, ending a 10-year unbeaten track record for the Black Ferns.

Lyne was part of the Five and then Six Nations Grand Slam winning squad in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2006. She played at the 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup in Barcelona, starting at Blindside Flanker in the final and again in the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup in Edmonton, Canada, starting at Lock (5) in the final.

Lyne retired from rugby after 2006 along with a few members of the 2006 squad. She remains the only woman to have started 2 consecutive World Cup Finals having given birth to two children between the two World Cups.

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Who is Jennifer Lyne?

English rugby union player

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Jennifer Lyne was born on 29 May 1972 in Chichester.

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· Wikipedia: Jennifer Lyne

· Wikidata: Q3177155

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