Agathe Sochat

Agathe Sochat

Agathe Sochat in 2022
Date of birth	(1995-05-21) 21 May 1995 (age 29)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2016-  France

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.

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]

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.[5] An occupational therapist, during the COVID-19 pandemic Sochat made masks for fellow frontline workers.[6] In March 2022 she had a baby daughter with her wife Adele.[7]

References

1. "The international from Limoges Agathe Sochat changes clubs". lepopulaire.fr.
2. "South Africa dominate World Rugby Men's 15s Dream Team of the Year". talkingrugbyunion.co.uk.
3. Shepard, Kit (15 October 2022). "France Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – France 7-13 England". Rugby World. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
4. Eddison, Paul (30 September 2022). "World Cup Lowdown: France". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
5. "The people who counted in the career of Limougeaude Agathe Sochat". lepopulaire.fr.
6. "Focus: The Women's Rugby stars working on the frontline". sixnationsrugby.com.
7. "Agathe Sochat, hooker and happy mother". rugbyrama.fr.