 Maggie Alphonsi 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 December 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Lewisham, south London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Margaret Omotayo Sanni Alphonsi MBE (born 20 December 1983) is an English former rugby union player who played as a flanker for Saracens W.R.F.C. and England before retiring in 2014.[1] She was Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year in 2010, and was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in November 2016 during the opening ceremonies for the Hall's first physical location in Rugby, Warwickshire.[2]
Alphonsi was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to rugby.[3]
- ^ "Margaret Alphonsi – Official RFU England Profile". rfu.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "World Rugby Hall of Fame: Jonny Wilkinson attends launch". BBC News Coventry and Warwickshire. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 13.