Abbie Fleming

Abbie Fleming
Date of birth (1996-03-31) 31 March 1996
Place of birthExeter, England
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Occupation(s)Physiotherapist, rugby player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker / Lock
Current team Harlequins
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Llandaff North ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Cardiff Blues (0)
2020– Exeter Chiefs 27 (0)
Harlequins (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019– Wales 23

Abbie Fleming (born 31 March 1996) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays flanker for the Wales women's national rugby union team and lock for Harlequins in the Premier 15s.[1] She made her international debut for Wales against Spain in 2019.[2][3]

Rugby career

Club career

Fleming began playing rugby at the age of 12. Following a move to Wales from her hometown of Exeter she played for Topsham Tempests RFC, Llandaff North RFC and then Cardiff Blues in Welsh regional rugby,[2] captaining the side in the summer of 2019.[4][3] She joined Exeter Chiefs in 2020.[2][3]

International career

Fleming won her first cap against Spain in the 2019 Autumn Internationals[2] and subsequently represented Wales at the 2021 Six Nations Championship.[5] She has also played against the Barbarians at the Principality Stadium.[2]

In January 2022, She was one of 31 Welsh players who have received full-time contracts.[6][7] She was selected for Wales sevens squad for the Lisbon leg of the 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series.[8]

Fleming has won three caps in her rugby career to date.[1] She played in the warm-up match against Canada ahead of the World Cup.[9][10] She was selected in Wales squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[11][12]

She was named in the Welsh side for the 2025 Six Nations Championship in March.[13][14] On 11 August 2025, she was named in the Welsh squad to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.[15][16]

Personal life

Fleming was temporarily unable to play rugby following an ACL reconstruction procedure in April 2019.[4]

Outside of rugby, Fleming is a qualified community and hospital physiotherapist in Bridgend, South Wales.[2][17] During the COVID-19 pandemic she was on the NHS frontline working as part of the respiratory on-call rota at Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.[18][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Abbie Fleming". Welsh Rugby Union | Wales & Regions. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Abbie Fleming". www.exeterchiefs.co.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Garrett, Olivia (29 March 2022). "Abbie Fleming is tackling change and breaking through the grass ceiling". Further. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b www.uprisevsi.co.uk, upriseVSI (10 April 2020). "Inspirational Cardiff Blues women stars on the front line of battle against Covid-19". upriseVSI. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  5. ^ World, Rugby (22 April 2021). "Wales Women's Six Nations Squad 2021 – Scotland 27-20 Wales". Rugby World. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ^ Masters, Tom (6 July 2022). "Wales Women award 17 further contracts as Cunningham extends stay". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  7. ^ a b Smith, Annie (15 February 2022). "Abbie Fleming: From the pandemic frontline to playing in the Six Nations". The Cardiffian. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Fleming added to Wales Sevens for Lisbon". BBC Sport. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  9. ^ Armitage, Megan (26 August 2022). "Wales set to face Canada in first warm-up match". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Canada coast to win over Wales in Halifax". Americas Rugby News. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  11. ^ Jones, Liz (21 September 2022). "Wales Rugby World Cup squad named". Welsh Rugby Union. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Wales: Siwan Lillicrap captains 32-player Rugby World Cup squad featuring 19 tournament debutants". Sky Sports. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  13. ^ "NEWS: Wales Women name squad for Guinness Women's Six Nations". Six Nations Rugby. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  14. ^ Gillespie, Graeme (14 March 2025). "Lynn names 37-strong Wales Women squad for Six Nations". Welsh Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  15. ^ Coleman-Phillips, Ceri (11 August 2025). "Women's Rugby World Cup: Alex Callender in Wales squad despite injury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  16. ^ "Lynn names Wales squad for Rugby World Cup 2025". Welsh Rugby Union. 11 August 2025. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  17. ^ "Inspirational Cardiff Blues women stars on the front line of battle against Covid-19". www.cardiffrugby.wales. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  18. ^ James, Ben (8 April 2020). "Four Wales Women rugby players join NHS frontline fight". WalesOnline. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
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