Emily Henrich

Emily Henrich is an American rugby union player. She represented the at the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup.

Early career

Henrich started playing rugby at 6 years old. Both of her parents played rugby, her father, Chris, also played Football and Lacrosse, while her mother Lisa also played Field hockey. Her mother coached her rugby team at Orchard Park High School where she became a High School All-American.
She was a nationally ranked aerial skier and won the Eastern Championships in aerials at 14.

Rugby career

In 2018, while still in Dartmouth College, Henrich made her international debut for the against the Black Ferns in Chicago.
In 2022, she tore her ACL just before the United States squad selection and missed out on the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. A year later she tore her LCL on the same knee.
In 2024, she joined Leicester Tigers in the Premiership Women's Rugby competition.
On July 17, she was selected for the Eagles side to the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup that will be held in England.