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Wilkins hangs up her boots to take on coaching role
Western Mail
|October 08, 2025
WALES women's fly-half Robyn Wilkins has retired from playing to take up a new coaching role.
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The 30-year-old, who was with Sale Sharks, has hung up her boots with immediate effect for a full-time job with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) player development centre in Colwyn Bay.
One of Wales' most capped players, Wilkins ran out for her country on 72 occasions, making her debut as a teenager in 2014.
She went on to play at three Rugby World Cups and featured in the squad which famously beat England 13-0 in the 2015 Women's Six Nations one of the biggest upsets in the competition's history.
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