Jade Konkel

Number 8


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Jade Elizabeth Konkel is a fully trained member of the London Fire Brigade and one of Scotland's leading players.

Raised on the Black Isle, Jade was immersed in rugby from a young age, with her family actively involved in the sport at Inverness Craig Dunain Rugby Club.

When she wasn’t busy with rugby as a teenager, you would find Jade playing basketball for Highland Bears, winning two gold medals in the Army Cadets athletics with shot put and discus or gaining a black belt in Goshin-Ryu Kempo.

Despite limited opportunities for girls’ rugby in her area, Jade’s passion led her to travel significant distances to pursue the sport. At 17, she undertook a seven-hour round trip to Edinburgh for a development day, which resulted in her selection for the Scotland U20s programme.

After the programme, she was then invited into the senior Scotland squad at 18 years old, and in 2013 she made her senior debut for Scotland against England in the Six Nations Championship.

During this time she also began her studies in Social Work at GCU as it meant she could achieve her degree while also being in a great location for training in Hillhead Jordanhill RFC.

Jade’s first international points came in the 2015 edition when she scored against Italy and she scored a brace against Ireland in the narrow defeat at Broadwood Stadium in the first round of the 2017 Championship. In 2018 Konkel scored tries against both Wales and England in that year’s Women’s Six Nations as well as against Canada in the 2018 Autumn Test.

Aged 22, in 2016, Jade made history, becoming Scotland’s first full-time professional women’s rugby player. She was one of 16 players selected in the second tier of the Scottish Rugby Academy in 2015 and is the first to make the full-time, third tier. Just a year later, Konkel joined top French club Lille Metropole Rugby Club Villeneuvois (LMRCV).

Since then, Jade has gone on to feature at multiple Six Nations championships, the Rugby World Cup 2021 and WXV2 competitions. In 2022, Jade earned her 50th cap for Scotland, playing against England.

In 2024 Jade was named captain for Harlequins for their 2024/25 season campaign in the PWR.

Date of birth: 09/12/1993

Height: 1.75m

Scotland Debut: 02/02/2013

Place of birth: Inverness

Weight: 88kg

Stats

66

Caps

56

Starts

10

Replacements

50

Points

10

Tries

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