Anna Davies (rugby league)
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| Born | 2 May 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anna Davies is an amateur rugby league footballer who plays at a winger for Wigan Warriors and the England women's national rugby league team.
Background
Davies had taken up athletics from a young age and was part of Nottingham Athletics Club, competing at U-15 and U-17 levels. At age 17, she stopped athletics after breaking her foot.
Her return to sport came in 2018 after graduating university with a sports science degree, playing rugby union with Bath in the reserves. After her first season, she was passed a trial for the GB Teachers rugby league team for a fixture against the Armed Forces in 2019.
Club career
Davies made her Wigan debut in 2021.
She finished the 2023 season as Wigan's higher try scorer with nine.
In June 2025, Davies scored at try in Wigan's 42–6 victory over St Helens in the 2025 Women's Challenge Cup final.[1] In September, she scored a try against the same opposition in the final round of regular season to lift the League Leaders' Shield;[2] and a month later, in the Super League Grand Final scored a brace in a player of the match performance to help her side be crowned season champions and complete the club's first treble, also against St Helens beating them 18–12.[3][4]
International career
Davies was called up to England's 2023 post season performance squad, and made her international debut in June 2024 against France, beating them 42–0 in a mid-season international, scoring a brace.[5] In November, Davies scored five in a post-season 82–0 thrashing of Wales.[6] Two good performances earned her a call up for England's 2025 pre-season game against Australia,[7] a game England lost 4–90.[8]
2025's mid-season origin game saw Davies scored for Lancashire,[9] before scoring a brace for England against Wales the following week.[10]
Club statistics
| Club | Season | Tier | App | T | G | DG | Pts |
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| Wigan Warriors | 2022 | Super League | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 2023 | Super League | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| 2024 | Super League | 20 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 108 | |
| 2025 | Super League | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 80 | |
| Total | 60 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 252 | ||
| Career total | 60 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 252 | ||
Honours
Wigan Warriors
- Super League
- Winners (1): 2025
- League Leader's Shield (1): 2025
- Challenge Cup
- Winners (1): 2025
- RFL Women's Nines
- Winners (2): 2024, 2025
- Runners up (1): 2023
References
- General
- Inline
- ^ "Women's Challenge Cup final: St Helens 6-42 Wigan Warriors". BBC Sport. June 7, 2025.
- ^ "Women's Super League: Wigan Warriors win League Leaders' Shield". BBC Sport. September 5, 2025.
- ^ "Women's Super League Grand Final: Wigan Warriors 16-12 St Helens". BBC Sport. October 5, 2025.
- ^ "Wigan Warriors Women 16-12 St Helens: Wigan fight back to win Women's Super League Grand Final and secure historic treble". Sky Sports.
- ^ "France 0-42 England: England score eight tries in comfortable win in Toulouse". BBC Sport. June 29, 2024.
- ^ "England 82 v 0 Wales". europeanrugbyleague.com.
- ^ "Anna Davies' unique rugby league journey as winger ready for 'biggest ever' fixture". All Out Rugby League. 18 February 2025.
- ^ "Australia 90-4 England: Lionesses suffer record defeat in Las Vegas". BBC Sport. March 2, 2025.
- ^ "Lancashire celebrate dominant victory in 2025 Women's Origin fixture". www.rugby-league.com.
- ^ "Wales 0 v 62 England". europeanrugbyleague.com.