Shona Campbell
Date of birth (2001-06-07) 7 June 2001
Place of birthDundee, Scotland
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020 - present University of Edinburgh ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2021–present Scotland 9 (0)
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam competition

Shona Campbell (born 7 June 2001) is a Scottish rugby player from Dundee who was selected for the Scotland Women's Six Nations squad in the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.[1][2] She is also a touch rugby Gold Medallist for the Scottish team and has played netball for Scotland under 21s.[3]

Club career

Campbell plays full back and wing for Edinburgh University.[4] She started playing rugby when she was five for Montrose, playing there until the age of 14, before taking a break to compete at a national level in netball.[5]

International career

Campbell played rugby for Scotland U18s 7s, with the team securing sixth place in the Rugby Europe 2019 Championship.[6]

She has also played touch rugby at a national level in the Scotland mixed open. In 2019, she was the youngest player to be selected for the adult's mixed team at 17 years old. She travelled with them to play in the World Cup finals in Malaysia, where the team were Bronze Medalists.[7] Two years prior to that, she played for the Scottish Under 18s touch rugby team, competing in the Junior Touch Rugby European Championships in Dublin.[5] In the 2019 European Touch Rugby Championships she was part of the winning team and was named junior female player of the year.[8]

She was called up for Scotland's 2021 Women's Six Nations Squad.[9][10][11] Gordon Lyon, who has helped coach her at Edinburgh University, commented on her call-up, “Shona is one of the most exciting players we have seen in Scotland for a while... She is a very balanced runner and can find space like no other - I reckon she could easily sidestep a player in a telephone box!"[12]

Personal life

Campbell is a student at Edinburgh University.[13] She attended the High School of Dundee and was awarded the schools' "Sports Personality of the Year" award for featuring in the Scotland mixed open adult team that won bronze at the Touch Rugby World Cup.[14][15]

She played netball for Scotland U17, U21 and Edinburgh University, before switching to the University rugby team to train for the Six Nations.[16][17]

Honours

  • Touch Rugby Bronze Medalists, Mixed Open Touch World Cup 2020[18]
  • Touch Rugby European Gold Medalists 2019[19]
  • European Junior female player of the year 2019[7]

References

  1. ↑ Barnes, David (25 March 2021). "Four uncapped players in Scotland's Six Nations squad". The Offside Line. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Musgrove & Maxwell back for Scotland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "U21 Long Squad 2019/20". Netball Scotland. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  4. ↑ March 2021, Gary Heatly Wednesday 31. "New kids on the block: Introducing Scotland's uncapped quartet". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. 1 2 "Shona doubles up on Scots duty". The Courier. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via PressReader.
  6. ↑ "Scotland Women U18 7s Squad named for Europe". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Shona named in Scotland squad for Touch Rugby World Cup". The Courier. 25 January 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via PressReader.
  8. ↑ "Falkirk graduate's got the magic touch in nursing and rugby". www.falkirkherald.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Barnes, David (25 March 2021). "Four uncapped players in Scotland's Six Nations squad". The Offside Line. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Musgrove & Maxwell back for Scotland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Six Nations Preview". Scrum Queens. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  12. ↑ March 2021, Gary Heatly Wednesday 31. "New kids on the block: Introducing Scotland's uncapped quartet". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ March 2021, Gary Heatly Wednesday 31. "New kids on the block: Introducing Scotland's uncapped quartet". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ March 2021, Gary Heatly Wednesday 31. "New kids on the block: Introducing Scotland's uncapped quartet". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ↑ "High School of Dundee". High School of Dundee. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  16. ↑ March 2021, Gary Heatly Wednesday 31. "New kids on the block: Introducing Scotland's uncapped quartet". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ↑ "U21 Long Squad 2019/20". Netball Scotland. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  18. ↑ "Asian Touch Cup 2020". RugbyAsia247. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  19. ↑ "Falkirk graduate's got the magic touch in nursing and rugby". www.falkirkherald.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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