Eloise Hayward

Eloise Hayward is an English rugby union and rugby league player. She has played representative rugby for England 7s and Great Britain 7s. She plays for Leeds Rhinos and Saracens at club level.

Early life and education

Born in Portsmouth, she grew up in Muscat, Dubai and Jakarta where she started playing rugby aged six. She played rugby union for Muscat Pirates, Dubai Hurricanes, Sharjah Wanderers and Jakarta Komodo Dragons. Before returning to England to play for West Park Leeds.
Hayward is the daughter of former Royal [Navy Rugby League|Royal Navy rugby league] coach.
She enrolled at Hartpury College after finishing school.
She studied BSc Maths and Economics at the University of Surrey as well as a BSc in Biomedical Science at Loughborough University.

Rugby career

She signed for Saracens in August 2018. She plays as a Scrum-half in rugby union.
She signed for Leeds Rhinos in June 2021.
At Under 18 level, Hayward played for Yorkshire and represented the England Under 18 side at sevens and 15s.
She was part of the England national [rugby sevens team|England sevens] team that went to the Rugby Europe tournament in Kharkiv, Ukraine.