Sue Dorrington

Sue Dorrington (born 10 June 1958) is a former English rugby union player and pioneer of the women's game, in England and internationally.

Biography Dorrington was born and raised in Minnesota, USA. She started playing rugby in the early eighties and moved to London in 1983 for more competitive rugby. She played for Richmond Women and represented both Great Britain, and England in test matches.

Dorrington and three of her Richmond teammates — Deborah Griffin, Alice Cooper, and Mary Forsyth, organized the first Women's Rugby World Cup in Wales in 1991. She had to balance her role on the Women’s Rugby World Cup Organising Committee and also as England’s starting hooker at the World Cup.