Émeline Gros

Émeline Gros

Date of birth	(1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 (age 29)
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2017–  France 20 (0)

Emeline Gros (born 19 August 1995) is a French rugby union player who plays for FC Grenoble Amazones and the France women's national rugby union team.

Personal life

Gros qualified as a nurse in July 2019. For the COVID-19 pandemic she worked full time in a nursing home in Isère.[1]

Career

Gros played for FC Grenoble Amazones from 2013 and won the Elite 2 championships in 2018 before joining Montpellier Hérault Rugby in 2020 for two seasons before returning to FC Grenoble Amazones in 2022.[2]

She made her French debut in November 2017 against Spain, and in July 2019 she scored her country's first try against the United States.[3] She was named in France's team for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[4][5]

Gros was named in France's squad for the 2023 Women's Six Nations Championship.[6][7]

References

1. "Coronavirus - Synopsis: Emeline Gros, from the third to the front line facing the virus". francetvinfo.fr.
2. "Emeline Gros". fcgrugby.com.
3. "Fireworks for the Blues!". ffr.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. Eddison, Paul (7 March 2023). "France name squad for TikTok Women's Six Nations". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
7. Rendell, Sarah (27 April 2023). "France Women's Six Nations Squad – Team to face England". Rugby World. Retrieved 28 April 2023.