Helena Rowland
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Position

Center

Test Caps

39

Club

Loughborough Lightning

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Age

25

U20 Caps

3

Helena Rowland

Loughborough Lightning’s Helena Rowland was recently named in John Mitchell’s squad for the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations.

Helena began her rugby career aged six at Aylesbury RFC, before playing at both Tring and Bicester RFC. Her mother Lisa represented her county at athletics and her brother Dan played rugby for Bath University’s 1st XV, Wasps U18 and Esher 1st XV. Helena represented England U20s in their three games at the start of 2018 and attributes Saracens head coach Alex Austerberry for giving her an understanding of the game during his time as RFU Women's Performance Pathway Officer. Her senior debut came in November 2020 in England’s fixture against Italy in their Grand Slam Six Nations campaign. Helena featured in the Red Roses squad that reached the final of the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, and in the title-winning squad that returned for the inaugural WXV1 tournament in 2023.

England statistics
475
Mins played
19
Avg. Min. Per Game
25
Wins
0
Draws
0
Losses
Attack
Points 0
Tries 0
Try assists 0
Defenders Beaten 0
Carries 0
Metres carried 0
Avg. Meters Per Carry 0
Clean Breaks 0
Kicking
Penalties 0
Conversions 0
Drop Goals 0
Penalties converted 0%
Conversions Converted 0
Open Play
Passes 0
Offloads 0
Pass Success 0%
Defence
Tackles 0
Turnovers 0
Tackle Success 0%
  • Career Path
  • 2017 Saracens Women Saracens Women II
  • 2018 England Women u20 England Women 7's
  • 2020 Loughborough Lightning England Women

Matches played

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    • T - Tries scored
    • C - Conversion scored
    • D - Drop goals scored
    • P - Penalties
    • Y - Yellow cards
    • R - Red cards
    • P - Points
      DATE MATCH COMPETITION T C D P Y R P
      Apr 26, 25 England Women vs France Women Women's Six Nations

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      Apr 19, 25 England Women vs Scotland Women Women's Six Nations

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      Apr 12, 25 Ireland Women vs England Women Women's Six Nations

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      Mar 29, 25 Wales Women vs England Women Women's Six Nations

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      Mar 23, 25 England Women vs Italy Women Women's Six Nations

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      Oct 13, 24 Canada Women vs England Women WXV 1

      0

      3

      0

      0

      0

      0

      6

      Oct 6, 24 New Zealand Women vs England Women WXV 1

      0

      2

      0

      0

      0

      0

      4

      Sep 29, 24 USA Women vs England Women WXV 1

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      DATE MATCH COMPETITION T C D P Y R P
      Mar 24, 24 Italy Women vs England Women Women's Six Nations

      1

      0

      0

      0

      1

      0

      5

      DATE MATCH COMPETITION T C D P Y R P
      Apr 29, 23 England Women vs France Women Women's Six Nations

      0

      3

      0

      0

      0

      0

      6

      Apr 22, 23 Ireland Women vs England Women Women's Six Nations

      0

      3

      0

      0

      0

      0

      6

      Nov 5, 22 Canada Women vs England Women Women's Rugby World Cup

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      Oct 30, 22 England Women vs Australia Women Women's Rugby World Cup

      0

      1

      0

      0

      0

      0

      2

      Oct 23, 22 England Women vs South Africa Women Women's Rugby World Cup

      0

      1

      0

      0

      0

      0

      2

      Oct 15, 22 France Women vs England Women Women's Rugby World Cup

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      Oct 8, 22 Fiji Women vs England Women Women's Rugby World Cup

      1

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      5

      DATE MATCH COMPETITION T C D P Y R P
      Apr 30, 22 France Women vs England Women Women's Six Nations

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      Apr 24, 22 England Women vs Ireland Women Women's Six Nations

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      Apr 9, 22 England Women vs Wales Women Women's Six Nations

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      Apr 3, 22 Italy Women vs England Women Women's Six Nations

      0

      4

      0

      0

      0

      0

      8

      Mar 26, 22 Scotland Women vs England Women Women's Six Nations

      0

      1

      0

      0

      0

      0

      2

      DATE MATCH COMPETITION T C D P Y R P
      Apr 24, 21 England Women vs France Women Women's Six Nations

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      Apr 10, 21 Italy Women vs England Women Women's Six Nations

      1

      0

      0

      1

      0

      0

      8

      Apr 3, 21 England Women vs Scotland Women Women's Six Nations

      1

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      5

      DATE MATCH COMPETITION T C D P Y R P
      Nov 1, 20 Italy Women vs England Women Women's Six Nations

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

      0

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