Agathe Sochat
 Agathe Gérin in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 May 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Agathe Gérin (née 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.
Rugby career
[edit]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] On 2 August 2025, she was selected in the squad for the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.[6][7]
Personal life
[edit]Born to Laurent and Christime from Limoges, she began playing rugby aged 4 and they supported her in combining rugby with studying in Bordeaux and Montpellier.[8] An occupational therapist, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sochat made masks for fellow frontline workers.[9] In March 2022 she had a baby daughter with her wife Adele.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Darthoux, Jean-François (13 August 2021). "The international from Limoges Agathe Sochat changes clubs". lepopulaire.fr.
- ^ "South Africa dominate World Rugby Men's 15s Dream Team of the Year". talkingrugbyunion.co.uk.
- ^ Shepard, Kit (15 October 2022). "France Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – France 7-13 England". Rugby World. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ Eddison, Paul (30 September 2022). "World Cup Lowdown: France". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "XV de France féminin : Le groupe pour le Tournoi des Six Nations 2025" [France Women's XV: The group for the 2025 Six Nations Tournament]. French Rugby Federation (in French). 7 March 2025. Archived from the original on 7 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ "XV de France féminin : Le groupe pour la Coupe du monde" [French women's XV: The squad for the World Cup]. Fédération Française de Rugby (in French). 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "France declares squad for women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "The people who counted in the career of Limougeaude Agathe Sochat". lepopulaire.fr.
- ^ "Focus: The Women's Rugby stars working on the frontline". sixnationsrugby.com.
- ^ "Agathe Sochat, hooker and happy mother". rugbyrama.fr.
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