Danielle Waterman

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Danielle Waterman
Date of birth 20 January 1985
Place of birth Taunton[1]
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Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Fullback
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
 England 60[2]

Danielle “Nolli”[3] Waterman (born 20 January 1985) is a professional English Rugby Union player and World Champion.[2]

Danielle Waterman is the daughter of Jim Waterman, who played in over 400 games for Bath Rugby. Her first sports club was Minehead Barbarians RFC.[4] She played for the South West regional U-16s squad until she was selected to the England Senior Academy at the age of 15. On her Test debut in 2003 against Ireland,[5] 18-year-old Danielle Waterman became the youngest girl then to represent her country. She won the award for England's Most Promising Player in 2006 and was the national team's vice captain when England won the 2012 Women's European Championship.[6] After winning silver medals at the 2006 World Cup and the 2010 World Cup, she became World Champion at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup having scored a try in the final against Canada.[7] Subsequently, Waterman was awarded Gloucestershire's Professional Sports Personality of 2014.[8]

Waterman holds a Level 3 Rugby Union coaching certificate. In 2014 she signed a professional contract with England 7s to prepare for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[9] After suffering a knee injury and, later on, a broken cheekbone, Waterman was forced to pause for more than a year.[10] She returned to the field in April 2016 at the Canada Women's Sevens scoring a try in her first appearance in the pool game against Ireland.[11] The English national team won the series tournament with Waterman being named to the tournament's dream team.[12][13]

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