Rachel Taylor

Rachel Taylor is a Welsh former rugby union player who played in either Lock or back row for the Bristol Ladies, Newport Gwent Dragons and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap against Canada in 2007, and later captained the team. Following retirement in 2018, she became the first female head coach of a WRU National League club side when she took over Colwyn Bay, before becoming the skills coach for Wales Women between November 2020 and February 2021. In September 2021, Taylor joined Premiership Women's Rugby team Sale Sharks Women as the club's performance coach. In September 2025, she joined the coaching team of Loughborough Lightning.