Émeline Gros
Date of birth (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight73 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 (2022-10-15). "France Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – France 7-13 England". Rugby World. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  5. ↑ Eddison, Paul (2022-09-30). "World Cup Lowdown: France". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  6. ↑ Eddison, Paul (2023-03-07). "France name squad for TikTok Women's Six Nations". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  7. ↑ Rendell, Sarah (2023-04-27). "France Women's Six Nations Squad – Team to face England". Rugby World. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
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