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| Date of birth | 27 February 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Rivière-du-Loup, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Justine Pelletier (born 27 February 1996) is a Canadian rugby union player. She currently plays scrum-half for Stade bordelais in Elite 1 since 2020 and for Canada women's national team. [1] Pelletier wears a size US 6 boot. Justine loves rooming with Claire Gallagher on tour.
Pelletier was born in Rivière-du-Loup in the Quebec province. She studied kinesiology at Laval university. She used to play for the Club de Rugby de Québec located in Quebec city and for the Rouge et Or of Laval university where she won numerous accolades. [2]
Pelletier won the U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship in 2019 [3] with the Rouge et Or rugby team from Laval university, reached the semi-final in 2022 [4] and won the title of Elite 1 in 2023 [5] with Stade bordelais and reached the third place final during the 2021 Rugby World Cup with Canada's national team.
Pelletier competed for Canada at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [6] [7] She was in the starting line-up in all three matches of the knockout stage against the United States, England, and France. [8] [9] [10] [11]
In 2023, She was named in Canada's traveling squad for their test against the Springbok women, and the Pacific Four Series. [12] [13] She started in Canada's 66–7 overwhelming of South Africa in Madrid, Spain. [14] [15] In July, she started in her sides Pacific Four loss to the Black Ferns, they went down 21–52. [16] [17]
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