YEOVIL NEWS: Big night for Marlie Packer

A CIVIC reception will be held tonight (Wednesday, October 22, 2014) in honour of the outstanding achievements of Yeovil’s World Cup winning rugby player Marlie Packer.

Yeovil Town Council decided to hold a Civic Reception in honour of the outstanding achievements of Marlie and to bestow upon her the Honorary Freedom of Yeovil Town.

Marlie, her family and her friends have all been invited to the Reception, along with civic representatives.

Yeovil-born Marlie has represented her country at international level for a number of years and she played a key role in England’s victory in the final of the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup Tournament, which was held in Paris last August.

PHOTO - TOP: Marlie Packer helped the England women's rugby team win the World Cup in France this summer.

PHOTO - RIGHT: Yeovil's very own Marlie Packer.

Marlie began her rugby career at the age of five with local club, the Ivel Barbarians where she spent the following 13 years. She then moved to Bath before joining Bristol in 2009. She has been voted the England Players’ Player in the 2012 Six Nations Championship and was Bristol’s Personality of the Year in 2011.

Educated at Birchfield, Buckler’s Mead and Yeovil College, Marlie is a trained plumber and has worked in that skilled profession for a number of years - both in Yeovil and in London - where she now plays in the position of flanker for Wasps RUFC.

As well as undertaking her plumbing work, she has represented England U19, U20 and England A before winning a full cap when England beat Sweden 80-3 in the European Championships in Limoges in May 2008.

At the age of 25, she has been capped 28 times for England, and her achievement in winning a World Cup medal in this year’s final represents many years’ dedication and hard work.

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