Claire Small (née McLaughlin) (born 21 November 1991) is a women's rugby union player from Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and a qualified doctor.

[3] Following graduation, she spent her foundation year as a junior doctor at Mater Infirmorum Hospital, Belfast.

[4] Claire has been at the forefront of the NHS battle against COVID19[5] working the Ulster Hospital A&E Department throughout the pandemic.

After moving to Belfast, McLaughlin started playing for Cooke WRFC before changing to Queen's University RFC.

[3] She made her debut for the Ireland women's national rugby union team in 2015.