Emily Scarratt is best known as the player who secured England’s 2014 Women’s World Cup triumph with six minutes left in the game. A talented all-rounder, she turned down the offer of a US Basketball Scholarship at the age of 16 before bursting onto the Test scene in 2008 with 12 tries in 12 games. She was the top point-scorer at the 2014 World Cup and also bagged scored 56 points at the 2017 World Cup as England reached the final. Emily captained Team GB at the Rio Olympics, won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and represented England at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. She returned to the 15-a-side game in January 2019, joining Loughborough Lightning and was awarded a full-time England contract. She scored two tries in the Red Roses’ 80-0 win over Scotland at Twickenham as England secured the Women’s Six Nations title. Emily was a stand-out performer at the 2019 Super Series, finishing as top try-scorer and also secured a number of points as goal-kicker. She was also named in Sky Sports’ ‘Team of the Tournament’. She was named World Rugby’s Women’s Player of the Year in November 2019 and became the highest ever Red Roses points scorer in the 2020 Six Nations. After a period of absence through injury, Emily was named in John Mitchell’s squad for the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations.