1991 Women's Rugby World Cup squads

This article lists the official squads for the 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup in Wales.

Main article: 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup

USA

• Head Coach: Kevin O'Brien
• Coach: Chris Leach
• Women’s Chair: Jami Jordan

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Ann Barford Centre Rutgers Renegades RFC Barbara Bond (c) Number 8 9 August 1962 Reed College[1] Tam Breckenridge Lock 1 October 1958 Belmont Shore club [2] Patty Connell Scrum-half Beantown RFC Jen Crawford Centre 25 July 1964 Mary Dixey Fly-half 25 February 1961 Beantown RFC Colleen Fahey Prop Florida State WRFC Tara Flanagan Lock 18 October 1963 Belmont Shore club [2] Annie Flavin Prop 20 July 1961 Beantown RFC Kathleen Flores Number 8 7 February 1955 Florida State WRFC Barb Fugate Scrum-half Claire Godwin Flanker Florida State WRFC Chris Harju Fly-half 20 May 1957 Tracy Henderson Centre Jennifer Hertz Prop 8 November 1964 Elise Huffer Centre Sheri Hunt Flanker Patricia Marie Jervey Centre 29 March 1964 Florida State WRFC Kris Kany Flanker Cassie Law Flanker Bay Area SheHawks Krista McFarren ?? 15 April 1961 Joan Morrissey Centre Beantown RFC Sandy Meredith ?? 15 July 1962 Tracy Moens Centre Andrea Morrell Lock Candice Maria Orsini Centre 9 December 1956 Florida State WRFC Jan Rutkowski Lock 27 June 1955 Beantown RFC Cathy Seabaugh Flanker Maryanne Sorenson Prop 11 October 1956 Mary Gail Sullivan (c) Fullback 6 January 1952 (c) Val Sullivan Hooker 17 August 1963 Florida State WRFC Julie Thompson Hooker 14 April 1958 Morgan Whitehead Flanker [3] [4] [5] New Zealand Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Jacqui Apiata ?? 10 June 1966 Miriama Bakr ?? 1 September 1962 Shona Ballinger ?? 14 June 1970 Debbie Chase[6] Centre 29 July 1966 Donna Ewe ?? 14 October 1964 Maree Fitzgibbon ?? 4 December 1966 Amanda Ford ?? 25 July 1970 Deborah Ford ?? 5 February 1965 Seuga Frost ?? 19 July 1966 Susan Garden ?? 02 December 1961 Sandra Gavet ?? 12 February 1961 Nicola Inwood ?? 24 January 1970 Neroli Knight ?? 13 September 1974 Tracy Lemon ?? Helen Littleworth ?? 23 April 1966 Helen Mahon[6] Wing 15 April 1968 Elsie Paitai ?? 20 February 193 Christine Papalli ?? 3 July 1962 Ericka Rere ?? 8 February 1963 Anna Richards[6] Scrum-half 3 December 1964 37 Christine Rodd ?? 31 October 1959 Christine Ross[6] Fullback Nina Sio ?? 21 October 1963 Kimi Tiriamai ?? 5 December 1964 Natasha Wong ?? 13 November 1967 [7] Canada Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Judi Chalmer ?? 8 November 1966 Vancouver[8] Corinne Enns ?? 15 October 1963 [9] Tina Fuchs ?? 23 April 1964 Prince Rupert[8] Valerie Gompf ?? Micheline Green ?? 25 February 169 Karine Haimovici ?? 2 April 1968 Ruth Hellerud-Brown (c) ?? 22 September 1957 11 Vancouver[8] (c) Susan Johnsen ?? 16 October 1960 Shelaine Kozakavich ?? 27 September 1963 Brenda McKenzie ?? 25 February 1962 Sandra Muller ?? 28 January 1965 Ajax Wanders[10] Patti Pare ?? 15 September 1965 Arlette Peterson ?? 4 April 1960 Denise Petryk ?? 14 July 1966 Renegades/Calgary[11] Joanne Reinbold ?? 14 May 1958 Helen Russell Hooker 6 November 1964 10 Ajax Wanders[10][12] Jill Shapland ?? 31 January 1967 Abbotsford[8] Annette Shiels ?? 30 April 1969 Ajax Wanders[10] Corinne Skrobot ?? 8 November 19611 Anne Stephen ?? 1 October 1963 Renegades/Calgary[11] Valerie Swift ?? 7 January 1965 Susan Tokariuk ?? 10 April 1962 Liz Whalley ?? 22 December 1965 Stephanie White (c) ?? 13 August 1961 17 Renegades/Calgary[11] (c) [13] Wales Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Amanda Bennett ?? 24 July 1964 Ceri Bevan ?? 13 October 1967 Marie Bowen ?? 27 December 1964 Lesley Brooks ?? 26 January 1966 Liza Jane Burgess Number 8 24 March 1964 Susan Butler ?? 10 June 1962 Helen Carey ?? 21 January 1964 Belinda Davies ?? 10 February 1962 Enid Davies ?? 20 September 1961 Heather Devine ?? 7 April 1967 Kate Eaves ?? 6 May 1968 Bess Evans ?? 3 September 1966 Philippa Evans ?? 23 July 1968 Sue Glavin ?? 28 April 1967 Eirlys Jones ?? 12 March 1970 Eirlys Ladd ?? 27 January 1963 Jacqueline Morgan ?? 27 September 1964 Sara Morgan ?? 20 January 1969 Sandra Phillips ?? 4 May 1975 Carol Thomas ?? 24 December 1965 Julie Thomas ?? 11 July 1960 Bess Evans Hooker [14] [15] France Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Christelle Alaphilipe ?? Nathalie Amiel Centre 4 November 1970 Nathalie Bertrank ?? 5 May 1968 Viviane Bonnastre ?? Myriam Cargnelutti ?? Annoik Chavernac ?? Juliette Balbarco ?? Anne Dubetier ?? Anne Dupont ?? Annette Fenoll ?? Nathalie Francoise ?? Monique Fraysse ?? Anne Gille ?? Sylvia Girard ?? Marie Gracieux ?? Annick Hayraud ?? 9 September 1967 Christelle Henry ?? Christine Lavigne ?? Valerie Lenoir ?? Marie Mathy ?? Christine Minelli ?? Delphine Roussel ?? 6 June 1966 Fabienne Saudin ?? Valerie Sorbier ?? Sylvie Putin ?? [16] Japan Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Yukiko Dazai ?? 11 December 1959 Masako Doi ?? 1 August 1964 Junko Fukushima ?? 9 June 1969 Hiroko Honma ?? 22 June 1964 Hiroko Ishida ?? 26 May 1965 Michiko Ishida ?? 17 May 1968 Ikuyo Kimura ?? 3 April 1963 Noriko Kishida ?? Ayako Masuoka ?? 15 January 1962 Miki Mikami ?? 24 February 1958 Keiko Murai ?? 9 January 1964 Sakae Ooshima ?? 3 November 1959 Noriko Saito ?? 13 June 1967 Miwako Sato ?? 7 September 1964 Meiko Shimura ?? 17 February 1959 Emiko Shiozaki ?? 9 April 1960 Terumi Sugai ?? 13 August 1966 Ayako Tamaoki ?? 21 October 1963 Mitsuko Tanaka ?? 25 May 1947 Naoko Tazaki ?? 24 December 1961 Ami Tsuchiya ?? 3 August 1972 Etsuko Utsumi ?? 5 May 1970 Shihiko Watanabe ?? 3 March 1960 Miyoko Yamashita ?? 30 March 1966 Tetsuko Yasuda ?? 11 October 1962 [17] Sweden Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Britt Ahlstrom ?? 16 August 1964 Maria Anderson ?? 05 September 1966 Monika Asp ?? 16 February 1970 Ann Bengtzen ?? 2 January 1965 Pia Berg ?? 5 November 1967 Birgitta Bjorklund ?? 23 September 1966 Ann Bengtzen ?? 2 January 1965 Pia Berg ?? 5 November 1967 Birgitta Bjorklund ?? 23 September 1966 Ulrika Blumenberg ?? 22 January 1965 Jennie Bohlin ?? 29 July 1970 Britt Fogelstrom ?? 2 May 1965 Erika Frayssinet ?? 23 May 1966 Catharina Hakansson ?? 13 July 1966 Susanna Jaensson ?? 20 November 1967 Maria Jaki ?? 7 March 1968 Nina Jaki ?? 30 July 1969 Jane Jaraker ?? 27 September 1968 Elizabeth Kaptein ?? 29 July 1967 Cecilia Karlsson ?? 10 February 1964 Anna-Karin Linusson ?? 12 February 1965 Katarina Olofsson ?? 27 April 1966 Charlotte Olsson ?? 4 October 1966 Jennie Palm ?? 11 July 1968 Asa Ray ?? 27 May 1964 Maria Spang ?? 23 November 1968 Ulrika Sterner ?? 12 July 1965 Christina Svensson ?? 27 April 1966 Etelka Varga ?? 31 December 1963 [18] [19] Netherlands Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Yvonne Bouman ?? 15 February 1964 Cecile De Klein ?? 7 April 1962 Antoninette Geerts ?? 30 August 1961 Sofi Hermsen ?? 16 July 1963 Margaretha Hibma ?? 24 December 1969 Ineke Hoefenagel ?? 14 November 1961 Elly Hoogfeld ?? 16 December 1964 Renate Inez ?? 4 August 1968 Yeke Pasman ?? 11 March 1966 Nel Roeleveld ?? 27 January 1959 Mariette Schmutzer ?? 25 February 1966 Catharina Slats ?? 27 October 1967 Annelies Sleutel ?? 20 July 1963 Cindy Steneres ?? 6 February 1967 Beatrice Terpstra ?? 30 August 1965 Jeanette Toxopeus ?? 21 April 1964 Helena Van Mens ?? 2 May 1965 Ann-Mieke Van Waveren ?? 9 November 1964 Ploni Veenendaal ?? 19 March 1966 Sanne Veltkamp ?? 10 January 1966 Franci Weyts ?? 14 May 1969 [20] Soviet Union Coach: Vladimir Kobsev[21] Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Tatiana Albitova ?? Valentina Andreyeva ?? Olgo Antonova ?? Tatiana Belyakova ?? Anna Borisova ?? Burlakova ?? Victoria Kochetova ?? Olga Kutuzova ?? Svetlana Kuzina ?? Maria Lenskaya ?? Larisa Masalova ?? Roz-Mery-Krosby Mochia ?? Irina Mukhanova ?? Rimma Petlevannaya ?? Natalia Prikohodko ?? Yelena Shavrova ?? Yelena Soboleva ?? Yelena Tatarnikova ?? Marina Trefilenkova ?? Marina Vinnikova ?? Larisa Zakharova ?? Natalia Zvyagina ?? [22] [23] England Coach: Steve Dowling[24] Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Karen Almond (c)[25] ?? 18 December 1962 Loughborough University Gillian Ann Burns ?? 12 July 1964 Jenny Chambers ?? 28 August 1962 Sally Cockerill ?? 5 May 1962 Jacquie Edwards ?? 6 September 1968 Maxine Patricia Edwards ?? 28 July 1966 Sally Ewing ?? 9 May 1960 Deborah Francis ?? 1 May 1964 Helen Harding ?? 4 May 1971 Mary Harrington ?? 26 April 1960 Patricia O'Brian ?? 15 March 1960 Carol Isherwood ?? 27 July 1961 Jane Coats ?? 18 March 1963 Emma Mitchell ?? 13 April 1966 Jane Mitchell ?? 13 April 1966 Ailish O'Kelly ?? 1 April 1964 Nicola Jane Ponsford ?? 6 October 1967 Giselle Mather ?? 19 April 1966 Sam Robson ?? 28 June 1963 Janis Ross ?? 7 June 1962 Cheryl Stennett ?? 1 October 1962 Heather Stirrup ?? 22 June 1963 Sue Dorrington[25] Hooker 10 June 1958 Richmond Jayne Watts ?? 28 February 1961 Sarah Wenn ?? 4 November 1965 Claire Vyvyan ?? 19 March 1965 [26] Italy Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Anna Basile ?? 15 December 1957 Martina Bettella ?? 18 October 1964 Cristina Boncilli ?? 15 July 1964 Federica Bortolato ?? 6 October 1966 Marta Breda ?? 25 May 1962 Paola Brigato ?? 26 March 1966 Beatrice Brocca ?? 2 February 1972 Antonella Castellano ?? 23 November 1962 Wilma Castellari ?? 11 October 1962 Adelina Corbanese ?? 28 March 1966 Teresa Fregola ?? 3 October 1963 Marzia Ghibardini ?? 17 September 1963 Manuela Grifolato ?? 19 February 1965 Sonia Lai ?? 29 May 1970 Silvia Lolli ?? 11 September 1962 Sabrina Melis ?? 5 April 1970 Erika Morri ?? 24 April 1971 Lorena Nave ?? 5 December 1963 Carla Negri ?? 10 November 1964 Mafalda Palla ?? 19 September 1955 Stefania Scaldaferro ?? 21 December 1965 Roberta Segantini ?? 8 April 1966 Flavia Sferragatta ?? 4 September 1974 Sedra Tartagni ?? 22 August 1964 Michela Tondinelli ?? 15 January 1972 Maria Cristina Tonna ?? 12 July 1969 [27] [28] Spain Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. 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