Agathe Sochat
French rugby player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Agathe Sochat (born 21 May 1995) is a French rugby union player who plays for Stade Bordelais and the France women's national rugby union team. She competed at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup.
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| Date of birth | 21 May 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Sochat played for Stade Bordelais between 2013 and 2016 before joining Montpellier Hérault Rugby with whom she won the Élite 1 National Championships in 2017, 2018, and 2019 before rejoining Stade Bordelais in August 2021.[1] In December 2021 she was named in World Rugby's Women's Team of the Year.[2]
In 2022, She was named in France's team for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[3][4]
She was named in the French side for the 2025 Women's Six Nations Championship on 7 March.[5]
Personal life
From Limoges, her parents are called Laurent and Christime. She began playing rugby aged 4 and they supported her in combining rugby with studying in Bordeaux and Montpellier.[6] An occupational therapist, during the COVID-19 pandemic Sochat made masks for fellow frontline workers.[7] In March 2022 she had a baby daughter with her wife Adele.[8]
References
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