COIMBRA Eshyllen

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
12	Women	2020
14	Women	2018

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
12	Women	2020	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Women	2018	Langford, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
12	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2019	Lima, PER

Eshy (Facebook profile, 30 Jan 2020)

Portuguese

Guanabara Rugby Football Club

Reuben Samuel [national], NZL

2018 for Brazil, in Canada (olympic.org, 16 May 2018)

She began the sport through the Rugby para Todos [Rugby for All] programme in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She became serious about the sport at age 13 when she first joined Guanabara Rugby Football Club in Rio de Janeiro. (cnn.com, 04 Dec 2018; olympic.org, 16 May 2018)

She was a keen volleyball player as a teenager but her friend encouraged her to switch to rugby. She became inspired to pursue rugby after watching rugby sevens debut as an Olympic sport at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. "I had always played indoor volleyball, but then I switched to beach volleyball and we trained next to a programme for kids' rugby. My friends were always like, 'give it a go'. But then I liked it, loved it even and then I started going every week. I didn't really know what I was doing but I just loved getting the ball and running with it. The Olympics inspired me even more because I went to the Games, and that made me think, 'I want to be a part of this team'. I didn't see Brazil win but that didn't matter. It made me realise what was possible." (cnn.com, 04 Dec 2018; olympic.org, 16 May 2018)

"There are very clear values attached to playing rugby, not just the traditional values like passion, respect and integrity, but also humility and unity, that are ingrained in the sport and the way it is played." (olympic.org, 16 May 2018)