Marjorie Mayans

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Marjorie Mayans
2014 Women's Rugby World Cup - France 27.jpg
Date of birth (1990-11-17) 17 November 1990 (age 34)
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre or Flanker
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Saint Orens - (-)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- France 50 (-)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
- France -

Marjorie Mayans (born 17 November 1990) is a French rugby union player. She represented France at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. [1] She was a member of the squad that won their fourth Six Nations title in 2014. [2] Mayans was also part of the French sevens team at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. [3]

Mayans, started playing rugby aged nine. Her effective contact work and destructive presence in both defence and attack during her international career has earned her the nickname ‘Queen of the Tackle’. [4]

Mayans was selected as a member of the France women's national rugby sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics. [5] She is studying at the Toulouse 1 Capitole University. [6]

Mayans was named in France's fifteens team for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ allblacks.com (IRB) (24 June 2014). "Australia, SA, France and Wales name 2014 WRWC squads". Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Alison Donnelly, Scrumqueens.com (March 2014). "France win 2014 Grand Slam" . Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Alison Donnelly (Scrum Queens) (June 2013). "World Cup 7s Squads" . Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "In the spotlight: France star Marjorie Mayans - Guinness Women's Six Nations". www.sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "MAYANS Marjorie". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  6. ↑ ut-capitole.fr (Department Of Physical Activities) (11 September 2014). "Marjorie Mayans: 3rd in the Women's rugby world cup!" . Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Shepard, Kit (15 October 2022). "France Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – France 7-13 England". Rugby World. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  8. ↑ Eddison, Paul (30 September 2022). "World Cup Lowdown: France". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
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