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Red Roses archive · Wing · Debut 2005

Kat Merchant⁠

Kat Merchant is among the leading try-scorers in the Red Roses' records.

Her 45 tries place her joint tenth on England's all-time women's try-scoring list, level with Lydia Thompson.
Caps–
England careerDebut 2005

England legacy

Joint No.10 on England's all-time tries list

Player file

At a glance

Major tournaments

2010 Women's Rugby World Cup2014 Women's Rugby World Cup

Every England try

Kat Merchant's tries

2005 – 2014

Tries40In our match records
Matches scored in25For England
Hat-tricks3Three or more in a match
Opponents11Different nations scored against

Season by season

Tries by year

Kat Merchant's England tries by year
YearTries
20051
20060
20070
20087
200911
20104
20118
20126
20130
20143

Favourite opponents

Most tries against

  1. Scotland 8
  2. France 6
  3. Ireland 5
  4. South Africa 5
  5. Italy 4
  6. New Zealand 3
  7. Canada 3
  8. Samoa 2
First England try
v Ireland, 26 February 2005 · Women's Six Nations
Latest
v Ireland, 13 August 2014 · Women's Rugby World Cup
Latest matches in which Kat Merchant scored for England, newest first
No.DateMatchCompetitionTries
40 13 Aug 2014 Ireland 7–40 EnglandWomen's Rugby World Cup Women's Rugby World Cup 36'
38–39 1 Aug 2014 Samoa 3–65 EnglandWomen's Rugby World Cup Women's Rugby World Cup 18', 21'
36–37 1 Dec 2012 England 32–23 New ZealandWomen's Test matches · End-of-year Test Women's Test matches · End-of-year Test 7', 23'
35 23 Nov 2012 England 16–13 New ZealandWomen's Test matches · End-of-year Test Women's Test matches · End-of-year Test 67'
34 19 May 2012 France 25–29 EnglandWomen's Test matches · 2012 FIRA Championship Women's Test matches · 2012 FIRA Championship 49'
32–33 5 Feb 2012 Scotland 0–47 EnglandWomen's Six Nations Women's Six Nations 34', 47'
31 13 Aug 2011 Canada 19–41 EnglandWomen's Test matches · 2011 Nations Cup Women's Test matches · 2011 Nations Cup ×1
27–30 5 Aug 2011 South Africa 8–46 EnglandWomen's Test matches · 2011 Nations Cup Women's Test matches · 2011 Nations Cup Hat-trick 9', 47', 63', 75'
26 13 Mar 2011 England 89–0 ScotlandWomen's Six Nations Women's Six Nations 2'
24–25 12 Feb 2011 England 68–5 ItalyWomen's Six Nations Women's Six Nations 38', 44'
23 28 Aug 2010 England 37–10 United StatesWomen's Rugby World Cup Women's Rugby World Cup 30'
22 24 Aug 2010 England 82–0 KazakhstanWomen's Rugby World Cup Women's Rugby World Cup 34'
Show all 25 matches
Earlier matches in which Kat Merchant scored for England
No.DateMatchCompetitionTries
21 20 Aug 2010 England 27–0 IrelandWomen's Rugby World Cup Women's Rugby World Cup 37'
20 6 Feb 2010 England 31–0 WalesWomen's Six Nations Women's Six Nations 23'
19 22 Aug 2009 Canada 0–22 EnglandWomen's Test matches Women's Test matches 11'
18 19 Aug 2009 South Africa 0–25 EnglandWomen's Test matches · 2009 Nations Cup Women's Test matches · 2009 Nations Cup 30'
15–17 13 Aug 2009 France 8–43 EnglandWomen's Test matches · 2009 Nations Cup Women's Test matches · 2009 Nations Cup Hat-trick 40', 44', 45'
11–14 21 Mar 2009 England 72–3 ScotlandWomen's Six Nations Women's Six Nations Hat-trick 4', 14', 16', 59'
9–10 15 Mar 2009 England 52–7 FranceWomen's Six Nations Women's Six Nations 46', 77'
8 24 Aug 2008 England 43–9 CanadaWomen's Test matches · 2008 Nations Cup Women's Test matches · 2008 Nations Cup 70'
6–7 20 May 2008 Ireland 11–22 EnglandWomen's Test matches · 2008 European Championship Women's Test matches · 2008 European Championship 9', 37'
5 8 Mar 2008 Scotland 5–34 EnglandWomen's Six Nations Women's Six Nations 46'
3–4 9 Feb 2008 Italy 6–76 EnglandWomen's Six Nations Women's Six Nations 55', 73'
2 2 Feb 2008 England 55–0 WalesWomen's Six Nations Women's Six Nations 66'
1 26 Feb 2005 Ireland 0–32 EnglandWomen's Six Nations Women's Six Nations 80'

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