1991 Women's Rugby World Cup squads

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

United States

• 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] [15]

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

[19]

Soviet Union

Coach: Vladimir Kobsev[20]

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	??

[21] [15]

England

Coach: Steve Dowling[22]

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)[23]	??	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[23]	Hooker	10 June 1958		Richmond
Jayne Watts	??	28 February 1961
Sarah Wenn	??	4 November 1965
Claire Vyvyan	??	19 March 1965

[24]

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

[25] [15]

Spain

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Arantaxa Arana Carcamo	??
Raquel Arranz Munoz	??
Ana Ayerra Poyal	??
Matilde Fernandez Rico	??
Monserrat Hernandez Ibanez	??
Beatriz Jimenez Lopez	??
Eloisa Lorante Catalan	??
Paloma Loza	??
Maria Jose Maiquez Orenes	??
Judit Martinez	??
Mariana Marxuach	??
Susana Monclus Twomey	??
Maria Jose Moyano Tost	??
Maria Dolores Moyano Tost	??
Paloma Pena Fernandez	??
Isabel Perez Garrido	??
Rocio Ramon Pardo	??
Mariola Rus Rufino	??
Lidia Saez Cami	??
Lourdez Tendero Granda	??
Mercedes Vega Munoz	??
Rosi Vega Munoz	??
Nancy Rebecca Villarroya	??
Alicia Yubero Malva	??
Montse Martin Horcajo	??

[26] [15]

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