Robyn Wilkins

Robyn Olivia Wilkins (born 1 April 1995) is a Welsh rugby union player who has played either centre, fly-half or full-back for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Sale Sharks Women in Premiership Women's Rugby.

She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2014 and has played over 70 matches for the national side. Wilkins played for Ospreys, Cardiff Blues Women and Llandaff North RFC at Welsh regional level before moving to Worcester Warriors in the English Premiership. Before taking a professional contract with the WRU she worked as a science teacher at Bassaleg Comprehensive School in Newport. Alongside her professional contract with the WRU, Wilkins also works for Disability Sport Wales as a Senior Sports Officer and organises the annual Para Sport Festival based in Swansea.

Personal life and education On 1 April 1995, Wilkins was born in Bridgend in Wales. She is the daughter of the Welsh former one-time international rugby fly-half Gwilym Wilkins. Wilkins plays either as centre, fly-half or full-back in rugby union. She is listed as and weighs according to her biography from the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and Eurosport. She taught science at Bassaleg Comprehensive School in Newport while continuing her rugby career. Following time away from rugby between the ages of 11 and 15, she learnt Pencoed had a rugby team and played in its Under 18s side at schools before moving to the Ospreys Under 18s squad. Wilkins learnt Wales had a women's rugby union team when she was around 15 or 16.

International career In 2014, Wilkins was called up to the Wales women's national rugby union team, making her international debut against Italy in the first match of the 2014 Women's Six Nations Championship, scoring two penalties. She played 33 Women's Six Nations matches, scoring two tries and 77 points.

Wilkins was selected in Wales squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

She was named in the Welsh side for the 2025 Six Nations Championship on 4 March 2025.

Club career At the club level, she has played for Ospreys, Cardiff Blues Women and Llandaff North RFC. Leaving Worcester in 2021, she has since played for Gloucester-Hartpury and then for Exeter Chiefs women, who she signed with ahead of the 2022-23 Premier 15s season. Wilkins was in the Exeter squad that reached the Premiership final with in 2022. In summer 2024, it was announced that Wilkins had signed for northern club Sale Sharks.