Gaëlle Mignot

Gaëlle Mignot (born 26 February 1987) is a French female rugby union player. She represented France at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup, and 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup[1]

Gaëlle Mignot
Date of birth (1987-02-26) 26 February 1987
Place of birthPérigueux
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010-Present  France

She has played the majority of her career for Montpellier (women's rugby union) in the French women's Premier Division. In September 2017 Mignot moved to England and signed for Richmond FC to play for the south west London club in the newly formed Tyrrells Premier League.[2]

Mignot captained the French squad at the 2014 Women's Six Nations Championship and scored two tries in their opening game against England.[3]

In 2019, she was on the first panel to determine the World Rugby women's-15s player-of-the-year award with Melodie Robinson, Danielle Waterman, Will Greenwood, Liza Burgess, Lynne Cantwell, Fiona Coghlan, Jillion Potter, Stephen Jones, and Karl Te Nana.[4]

References
  1. IRB (23 June 2014). "Women's RWC Pool C squads: AUS, FRA, RSA, WAL". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  2. http://www.premier15s.com/news/richmond-sign-france-captain-mignot/
  3. skysports.com (1 February 2014). "Women's Six Nations 2014: Gaelle Mignot's double helped France beat England". Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  4. worldrugby.org. "Stars join new-look World Rugby Awards panels". www.world.rugby. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
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