Barbara Mervin

Barbara Mervin
Date of birth (1982-04-01) April 1, 1982
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Loose Forward
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
Velox RFC
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2005-Present  Canada
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
2012  Canada

Barbara Mervin (b. April 1, 1982) is a Canadian rugby union player. She represented Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.[1][2] She broke a bone in her right hand in Canada's first World Cup match against Spain and missed out on the rest of the World Cup in France.[3] Mervin was a member of the Canadian sevens team that won the 2012 Las Vegas Sevens.

Mervin graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor's degree in art history and she also has a diploma in fashion design from the Pacific Design Academy in Victoria, British Columbia. She also founded a clothesline company called Aptoella Rugby Apparel.[4]

References

  1. Ben Kerr, lastwordonsports.com (30 June 2014). "Canada’s Roster Announced for Women’s Rugby World Cup". Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  2. Bryan Kelly, Rugby Canada Communications (BC Rugby.com) (31 July 2014). "Canada roster announced for Women’s World Cup opener vs France". Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  3. Dale Clifford, Peterborough Examiner (15 August 2014). "Mervin upbeat despite setback". Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  4. Alison Donnelly, scrumqueens.com (December 2013). "Mervin making waves with APTOELLA". Retrieved 6 November 2014.

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