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^[2]

Gaëlle Mignot

Mignot with France in 2014
Date of birth	(1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Périgueux (Dordogne)[1]
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2008-2017 Montpellier RC () 2017-2018 Richmond F.C. () 2018-2021 Montpellier RC () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2010-2018  France 70 Coaching career Years Team 2021- Montpellier HR (espoirs) 2022-  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 F.C. to play for the south west London club in the newly formed Tyrrells Premier League.^[3]

Mignot captained the French squad at the 2014 Women's Six Nations Championship and scored two tries in their opening game against England.^[4]

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.^[5]

In May 2022, five months before the World Cup in New Zealand, she was appointed assistant coach of the French National Team, in charge of scrum and contact attitudes.^[6] In December 2022, after current coach Thomas Darracq leaves the team, Gaëlle Mignot and David Ortiz are appointed joint head coaches of the team.^[7][8]

References

1. "Portrait de Gaëlle Mignot Capitaine de France Féminines Rugby" [Portrait of Gaëlle Mignot Captain of France Women Rugby]. SoWhat-Magazine.fr (in French). 23 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2014..
2. 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.
3. "RFU".
4. skysports.com (1 February 2014). "Women's Six Nations 2014: Gaelle Mignot's double helped France beat England". Retrieved 17 July 2014.
5. worldrugby.org. "Stars join new-look World Rugby Awards panels". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
6. "Gaëlle Mignot et David Ortiz renforcent le staff de l'équipe de France féminine" [Gaëlle Mignot and David Ortiz strengthen the staff of the French women's team]. L'Équipe (in French). 18 May 2022. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
7. "Départ de Thomas Darracq" [Departure of Thomas Darracq]. French Rugby Federation (in French). 19 December 2022. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
8. "Mignot steps up to co lead France". ScrumQueens.com. 20 December 2022. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

External links

• Gaelle Mignot at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)