Marine Ménager

Marine Ménager
Date of birth (1996-07-26) 26 July 1996 (age 28)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016-  France (0)

Marine Ménager (born 26 July 1996) is a French rugby union player who plays as a winger for the France women's national rugby union team and Montpellier Hérault Rugby.

Career

She started playing rugby aged 7 for LMRC Villeneuve d'Ascq. She also competed in judo for a year.[1] Along with her twin sister Romane Ménager she made her debut in the league aged 18 for Lille MRCV. In 2016 Marine joined Romane in playing for the French national team. [2]

On 23 May 2018 both sisters joined Montpelier having played for 14 years with Lille MRC Villeneuvois and won the Élite 1 championship in 2016.[3]

Both sisters named in France's fifteens team for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[4][5] Marine Ménager was highlighted as one of the form players in the group stages of the tournament.[6] Both sisters started in the French 39-3 win over Italy in the quarter-final.[7]

In November 2024, she won the International Rugby Players Women's Try of the Year award at the World Rugby Awards, for a try she scored against Canada in September 2024 at the WXV.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Le rugby ne nous permettra pas de vivre, il faut privilégier les études" [Rugby will not allow us to live, we must focus on studies]. Rugbyamateur.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Menager the second pair". midi-olympique.fr.
  3. ^ "Transfer - Twins land in Montpellier". rugbyrama.fr.
  4. ^ Shepard, Kit (15 October 2022). "France Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – France 7-13 England". Rugby World. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  5. ^ Eddison, Paul (30 September 2022). "World Cup Lowdown: France". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Women's Rugby World Cup Team of Week Three". Rugby World. 24 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Recap: France vs Italy - Rugby World Cup quarterfinal". i.stuff.co.nz. 29 October 2022.
  8. ^ "England's Kildunne and Matthews nominated for award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  9. ^ Heagney, Liam (24 November 2024). "Ellie Kildunne named World Rugby women's 15s player of the year". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 24 November 2024.


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