Angelina Munabi
Nickname: Ange
Course of study at Cambridge: Engineering
College: Murray Edwards
Position: Wing
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How got into rugby: A friend in the year above pretty much dragged me along as soon as I got to Cambridge and I never looked back.
Other sports: I'm generally not that sporty, at least, I wasn't before I caught the rugby bug! Love going for runs though.
Rugby idol: Bryan Habana, Benji Marshall
Best on pitch rugby moment:Smashing Oxford as part of the second team during Varsity 2011.
Best off pitch rugby moment: Too many to pick one! |
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Fiona Gillanders
Nickname: Gilly
Course of study at Cambridge: Engineering
College: Queens
Position: Inside Centre
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How got into rugby: Fetish for odd shaped balls... seemed the natural sport to take up
Other sports: Rowing, lacrosse, netball, football... anything
Rugby idol: Gavin Hastings
Best on pitch rugby moment:Stealing a ball in a lineout - Varsity 2012
Best off pitch rugby moment:Earning the nickname Lady of Spice! |
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Vicky McEvoy
Nickname: Vickman
Course of study at Cambridge: Veterinary Medicine
College: St. John's
Position: Wing
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How got into rugby: Thought it looked like fun so I went along to uni training
Other sports: Hockey, Football, Horse riding and Skiing
Rugby idol: Jonny Wilkinson still floats my boat!
Best on pitch rugby moment:Scoring under the posts through a pack of forwards in Varsity 2011
Best off pitch rugby moment:Wearing nothing but paint on latex or Pocklington tour 09 when Frank and myself got clean :-D |
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Bryony Coombs
Nickname: Bry-Dog
Course of study at Cambridge: Engineering
College: Emmanuel
Position: Hooker/Number 8
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How got into rugby: Just really keen to smash up girls
Other sports: Football and tennis
Rugby idol: Keno!
Best on pitch rugby moment:Converting a try at Varsity
Best off pitch rugby moment: Fancy dresss! |
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Charlotte Browning
Nickname: Brownie
Course of study at Cambridge: Law
College: Magdalene
Position: Scrum-half
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How got into rugby: Club development day in Glasgow
Other sports: Skiing, Squash, and Dance (yes that is a sport)
Rugby idol: Chris Cusiter
Best on pitch rugby moment:Captaining Tigers to win against Oxford
Best off pitch rugby moment: Clinging to a rafter in Magdalene College Bar for as long as I could as part of my initiation into the Magdalene Rugby Team...and beating the boy's captain! |
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Bridget Hipwell
Course of study at Cambridge: Engineering
College: Trinity
Position: Utility back
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How got into rugby: 7's at school
Other sports: Riding, skiing, hockey
Rugby idol: Bryan Habana, absolute dude
Best on pitch rugby moment:Smashing Oxford at Tiger's Varsity
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Samantha Graham
Nickname: Sammy
Course of study at Cambridge: Natural Sciences
College: Jesus
Position: Scrum-half
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How got into rugby: My Dad is a kiwi so it's in my blood I suppose.
Other sports: Tennis, snowboarding, surfing, table tennis
Rugby idol: Christian Cullen, Dan Carter, George Gregan
Best on pitch rugby moment:"Keno - you're in the wrong hole"
Best off pitch rugby moment: 14 minute wall squat competition whilst on a swap.
Worst rugby moment: Setting the clock forward instead of back and consequently arriving 2 hours early for a game. |
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Claire Davis
Course of study at Cambridge: PhD in Materials Science
College: Selwyn
Position: Flanker
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How got into rugby:No idea!
Other sports: Rowing, volleyball
Best on pitch rugby moment:7's tournament - so much fun!
Best off pitch rugby moment: The pre-Varsity match talk in the changing rooms
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Steph Leddington
Course of study at Cambridge: Engineering
College: St. John's
Position: Lock
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How got into rugby: Played at school
Rugby idol: Shane Williams |
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Tia Knight
Course of study at Cambridge: History of Art
College: Selwyn
Position: Wing
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How got into rugby: I did a term of rugby at school
Other sports: Tennis, badminton, athletics, swimming
Rugby idol: Habana for his swerves and speed. Or Dan Carter
Best on pitch rugby moment:The Tiger's Varsity game in 2012
Best off pitch rugby moment: Pocklington Tour and kit night |
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Julie Valade
Nickname: None last year, in France it was "Djoul"
Course of study at Cambridge: PhD History
College: Christs
Position: Fly half or inside centre in the past, now second or third row
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How got into rugby: My dad played for France and got me into rugby
Other sports: Western riding, scuba diving, handball
Rugby idol: Fabien Galthie
Best on pitch rugby moment:Varsity Match 2010
Best off pitch rugby moment:France-England 2003 at the Velodrome in Marseille |
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Lizi McLoughlin
Course of study at Cambridge: Natural Sciences
College: Emmanuel
Position: Flanker or Hooker
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How got into rugby:Always got jealous watching the boys play, so I took myself along to Uni Women's training and loved it
Other sports: Football, Rowing, Irish Dance, Hockey
Rugby idol: Jonah Lomu
Best on pitch rugby moment:Being part of the Tigers team that beat Oxford in 2012
Best off pitch rugby moment:Kit night 2012 in Cindies! |
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Jess Gurney
Course of study at Cambridge:Medicine
College: Newnham
Position: Open side flanker
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How got into rugby:My dad plays and used to take me down to the rugby club when I was little so I joined in
Best on pitch rugby moment:The first time I ever scored a try and my dad cried because he was so proud of me
Best off pitch rugby moment:When I was awarded tackler of the tournament at a 3 day tournament. It was the first award I ever got and I never thought anyone would notice me! |
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