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| Date of birth | (1996-03-31)31 March 1996 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Exeter,England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Physiotherapist, rugby player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Abbie Fleming (born 31 March 1996) is aWelsh rugby union player who playsflanker for theWales women's national rugby union team andlock forHarlequins in thePremier 15s.[1] She made her international debut for Wales againstSpain in 2019.[2][3]
Fleming began playing rugby at the age of 12. Following a move to Wales from her hometown of Exeter she played forLlandaff North RFC and thenCardiff Blues in Welsh regional rugby,[2] captaining the side in the summer of 2019.[4][3] She joinedExeter Chiefs in 2020.[2][3]
Fleming won her first cap against Spain in the 2019 Autumn Internationals[2] and subsequently represented Wales at the2021 Six Nations Championship.[5] She has also played against theBarbarians at thePrincipality Stadium.[2]
In January 2022, She was one of 31 Welsh players who have received full-time contracts.[6][7] She was selected forWales sevens squad for the Lisbon leg of the2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series.[8]
Fleming has won three caps in her rugby career to date.[1] She played in thewarm-up match againstCanada ahead of the World Cup.[9][10] She was selected inWales squad for the2021 Rugby World Cup inNew Zealand.[11][12]
She was named in the Welsh side for the2025 Six Nations Championship in March.[13][14]
Fleming was temporarily unable to play rugby following anACL reconstruction procedure in April 2019.[4]
Outside of rugby, Fleming is a qualified community and hospitalphysiotherapist in Bridgend, South Wales.[2][15] During theCOVID-19 pandemic she was on the NHS frontline working as part of the respiratory on-call rota atPrincess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.[16][7]