Date of birth | 27 May 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Maëlle Filopon (born 27 May 1997) is a French rugby union player. She plays for the France women's national rugby union team and Stade Toulousain.
From Grenoble, she also competed in judo as a child before concentrating on rugby from 12 years-old. Filopon scored a try on her home ground at the Stade des Alpes, against New Zealand, as France secured their first ever victory over the Black Ferns in November 2019. [1] She was named in France's team for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [2] [3]
Filopon was named in France's squad for the 2023 Women's Six Nations Championship. [4] [5]