Evie Wills
| Date of birth | 4 February 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Stirling, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Evie Wills (born 4 February 2001) is a Scottish rugby player from Stirling. She first played for Scotland in the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship. She also competed for the side at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup.
Club career
[edit]Wills has played for Stirling County since she was seven, moving to the women's team in 2019, playing alongside her friend Evie Gallagher since a young age at the club.[1][2][3] She plays as a stand-off/centre for the club.[4]
International career
[edit]Wills first began playing rugby for Scotland, at 16 years old, when she played in the Scotland Seniors East v West tournament.[5] She was selected to play in the Scotland U20s match against Northumbria; this was followed by an invitation to play in the U18s National 7s tournament in July.[5]
In 2018 she played for the Scotland 7s, playing in the third leg of the Rugby Grand Prix in Kazan - the youngest in the squad by five years.[5] Evie played against Russia and Portugal during the championships.[5] Scotland came third in the tournament, losing to Russia and France.[5]
She also played in the Scotland U18s 7s from 2018 and 2019.[6]
In the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship, she was the replacement in the match against Italy and gained her first cap coming off the bench at the match in Scotstoun in Glasgow.[7][8][9] She was named as a substitute in Scotland's last match against Wales, which the Scottish team won 27–20.[10] Coach Bryan Easson said of his decision to include Wills in the squad, "Evie Wills is a good distributor off left and right hand."[11] In the weeks ahead of the match she was coached in her kicking by Scotland cap centurion Chris Paterson.[11]
In 2022, she was selected in Scotland's squad for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[12]
Wills was ruled out of action for the 2023–24 season due to an ACL injury.[12][13] She was named in Scotland's extended training squad ahead of the 2025 Women's Six Nations Championship.[13]
Personal life
[edit]Wills attended the Dollar Academy and started rugby at the age of seven through her local club Stirling County.[5] She took time out from her nursing degree at Glasgow Caledonian University in the lead-up to the Rugby World Cup in 2022, but returned to complete it in May 2023.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Evie Wills on her Scotland debut". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Form VI Pupil's International Rugby Success". Dollar Academy. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Stirling girls are polishing silver". 17 February 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2021 – via PressReader.
- ^ March 2021, Gary Heatly Wednesday 31. "New kids on the block: Introducing Scotland's uncapped quartet". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e f "Form VI Pupil's International Rugby Success". Dollar Academy. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Scotland to host U18 7s comp". Scrum Queens. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Scotland make four changes for Italy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ March 2021, Gary Heatly Wednesday 31. "New kids on the block: Introducing Scotland's uncapped quartet". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Scotland Women's Six Nations Squad 2021 - Scotland 27-20 Wales". Rugby World. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Scotland 27 - 20 Wales". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ a b March 2021, Gary Heatly Wednesday 31. "New kids on the block: Introducing Scotland's uncapped quartet". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c Heatly, Gary (8 August 2024). "Leicester Tigers' Evie Wills: A year on from ACL injury". www.rugbypass.com. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ a b Gould, Caitlin (19 February 2025). "Scotland squad announced for 2025 Guinness Women's Six Nations". Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 19 March 2025.