essential The Blagnac and the Manon Bigot team, it is the extraordinary journey of a player being the living embodiment of the famous values of rugby.
Ah the famous values of rugby. By being used in marketing campaigns, business circles and business speeches, they may tend to pale or even fade. And it is when we are tempted to say that they are usurped, that we believe in it more necessarily, that guardians of the spirit of this sport revive its brilliance.
Among this protective squad Manon Bigot, the International Talker of Blagnac Rugby Women, is one of the high-grades. From the height of her 34 years, 13 selections and a “beautiful” naughty under the left eye, the player who never cheats you always welcomes you with a firm handshake and a frank look. Whether in a short-cramp together or firefighter outfit, his personality exudes “fighting spirit, commitment and the sense of the collective”.
Three characteristics immediately appearing in the responses of his coach or his superiors about his personality. “It makes us live sacred emotions, it is a symbol, we are very proud of it,” gregory Fabre, the commander of the Ramonville-Buchens barracks, after the rally of the troops. Previously, to celebrate his return from the last 6 nations tournament, a vibrant tribute was organized.
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Between the call and the inspection of vehicles, Manon was entitled to nourished applause, some valves on the defeat against the English then a poignant speech. “We follow her with passion, some even went to see her play at La Rochelle or Brive,” says the rank in front of now finding a good place in the jersey, medal and woman trophy of the match reported by the Bigot sapper.
- “We have a particular relationship because it is someone who is unanimous, she is extraordinary and it is above all her great humanity that makes him a model”, abounds Jean-Stéphane Puygrenier, his colleague and friend. The ex triathlete also supported the champion in her rehabilitation, following a fracture of the malleolus which she had to recover in order to find the Bleues jersey.
Iron and spearhead woman
A challenge that only the Blagnacaise was able to succeed. “There were two fights to be waged, first that of rehabilitation then that to find my place in selection,” confirms the ghost. “Being with my colleagues has been an undeniable asset, the atmosphere and the atmosphere allowed me to remain positive and they always find a way to challenge you,” said this fire fighter, professional for 3 years.
A dream come true, awarded a long way having led him to the army but also a total stop of rugby for 5 years. “Becoming a firefighter was a bit of the common thread of my life, a vocation that was born when I was 13 years old, I made the young firefighters and it was a revelation,” admits this iron woman, capable of leaving the calm of her native Loir-et-Cher for the harshness of an alpine hunter formation.
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“I did not know neither skier nor climb or bivouac in the mountains, I went there while waiting for the firefighters to resume and because they were the only ones to accept the fighters,” smiles the warrior. “Psychologically and physically it is that I knew more hard,” retraces the ex-member of the 27th BCA of Annecy. This taste for combat, again and again, which will become its trademark on the grounds, over the seasons, under the jerseys of Saint-Orens and then of Blagnac. “It is a spearhead, you just have to see how she came back at very high level after her long cut,” confirms her coach Nicolas Tranier.
“We had no doubt but she came back in force by putting herself in battle order and giving herself the means to get there because she never does anything by half,” he assures about this leader by example. “She is the perfect player to train, she is a model for others, to summarize she does not necessarily make great speech but all her actions are strong,” he concludes with admiration. The Blagnac technician describing a woman animated by the challenge and altruism. In summary an expert in the perilous art of the obstacle course.
