Isla Norman-Bell

Isla Norman-Bell
Norman-Bell at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Born (2000-02-21) 21 February 2000
Rochester, Kent
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position back
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2025- Trailfinders Women
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2022 -  England
2023 -  Great Britain
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam competition

Isla Norman-Bell (born 21 February 2000) is an English rugby union player who plays for the Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team and has also played for England sevens.[1]

Career

Born in Rochester, Kent, England, but brought up from the age of two in New Zealand, Norman-Bell was first called up to train with England sevens in December 2021.[2] Prior to this, Norman-Bell attended the University of Auckland, and in 2019 she was named their sportswoman of the year. She was given a place on the New Zealand Women’s Sevens Development team to tour internationally and later played for the New Zealand Open Women’s Touch team at the World Championships in Malaysia. Norman-Bell was named in the 2019 Vodafone Warriors Women’s team that played in the NRL Touch Premiership, and played on the wing for Auckland Storm in the Farah Palmer Cup.[3][4]

Norman-Bell was selected to play for England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in rugby sevens.[5] She was named in the England squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022.[6] She was a selected as a member of the GB sevens squad for the 2023 European Games.[7] Great Britain won a gold medal at the event and sealed qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games.[8] In June 2024, she was named in the British squad for the Olympic Games.[9] The team finished seventh.[10]

She was named as vice-captain for the Great Britain national rugby sevens team for the 2024-25 SVNS series which began at the Dubai Sevens on 30 November 2024.[11]

Having joined the club in June 2025, Norman-Bell played for Trailfinders Women as they reached the PWR final of the 2025–26 Premiership Women's Rugby season.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Isla Norman-Bell". Teamengland.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "England Sevens programme update and London Sevens tickets on sale". Twickenhamstadium.com. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Isla Norman-Bell - The University of Auckland". Auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Exciting female talent named for Red Bull Ignite7". Allblacks.com. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "RFU". Englandrugby.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "ENGLAND SQUADS FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS NAMED". Englandrugby.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "European Games: Rugby sevens stars zero in on Paris 2024 prize". Team GB. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "European Games 2023: 'Huge relief' as GB women's sevens team win gold to land Olympics spot". BBC Sport. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  9. ↑ Southcombe, Matt (19 June 2024). "Welsh speedster Jasmine Joyce makes history with Team GB Paris Olympics call-up". ITV.com. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Around the Games: Day Four of Paris 2024". Team GB. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "GB 7s 2024-25 squad announcement". gbrugbysevens.com. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  12. ↑ Harvey, Joe (6 July 2026). "World Cup winner Ponsonby among 17 Trailfinders departures". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "Trailfinders sign Isla Norman-Bell". 4theloveofsport.co.uk. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
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