Marine Ménager Explained

Birth Date:26 July 1996
Ru Position:Wing
Repyears1:2016-
Reppoints1:0

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Le rugby ne nous permettra pas de vivre, il faut privilégier les études. fr. Rugby will not allow us to live, we must focus on studies. Rugbyamateur.fr. 2022-10-29. 2019-03-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190329161258/https://rugbyamateur.fr/hautsdefrance/rugby-permettra-pas-vivre-privilegier-etudes/. dead.
  2. Web site: Menager the second pair. midi-olympique.fr.
  3. Web site: Transfer - Twins land in Montpellier. rugbyrama.fr.
  4. Web site: Shepard . Kit . 2022-10-15 . France Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – France 7-13 England . 2022-10-15 . Rugby World . en-US.
  5. Web site: Eddison . Paul . 2022-09-30 . World Cup Lowdown: France . 2022-10-15 . TikTok Women’s Six Nations . en-GB.
  6. Web site: Women's Rugby World Cup Team of Week Three. Rugby World. 24 October 2022.
  7. Web site: Recap: France vs Italy - Rugby World Cup quarterfinal. i.stuff.co.nz. 29 October 2022 .
  8. Web site: BBC Sport. 18 November 2024. England's Kildunne and Matthews nominated for award.
  9. Web site: Ellie Kildunne named World Rugby women's 15s player of the year. Rugby Pass. 24 November 2024. 24 November 2024. Liam . Heagney.

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