Xavier Mignot (born 27 January 1994) is a French professional
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
player.
Mignot, the son of a rugby coach, plays in the
Top 14
The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the National Rugby League (France), France National Rugby League, also ...
with
Lyon OU
Lyon Olympique Universitaire Rugby or LOU is a French professional rugby union team based in Lyon that currently competes in the Top 14, the highest level of the country's professional league system, having been most recently promoted for the 20 ...
and was a member of their
2021–22 Challenge Cup winning side. He was previously at
FC Grenoble
The Football Club de Grenoble Rugby (FCG) is a French rugby union club based in Grenoble and founded in 1892.
FCG was champion of France in 1953–54 French Rugby Union Championship, 1954 and runner-up in 1992–93 French Rugby Union Championshi ...
from 2014 to 2017.
On a
tour of Argentina in 2016, Mignot was capped for
France
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in the first Test, which he started on the wing.
Mignot's younger brother Pierre plays for the
France national rugby sevens team
The France national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, and other international tournaments. France's best finish in the World Series has been finishing in first (Grand Finals), which they ...
.
See also
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List of France national rugby union players
List of France national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the France national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.
Note that the "position" column lists the position at w ...
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mignot, Xavier
1994 births
Living people
French rugby union players
France international rugby union players
Sportspeople from Bourgoin-Jallieu
Rugby union players from Isère
Rugby union wings
Lyon OU Rugby players
FC Grenoble Rugby players
21st-century French sportsmen
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu players
New Orleans Gold players