Pierre Mignoni

Pierre Mignoni

Mignoni with Clermont in 2009
Date of birth	(1977-02-28) 28 February 1977
Place of birth	Toulon, France
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum half Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1996–1997 Toulon () 1997–1998 Béziers () 1999–2000 Toulon () 2000–2001 Dax () 2001–2003 Béziers 45 (51) 2003–2009 Clermont 167 (120) 2009–2011 Toulon 54 (10) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1997–2007 France 28 (30) Coaching career Years Team 2011–2015 Toulon (backs) 2015–2022 Lyon 2022– Toulon

Pierre Mignoni (born 28 February 1977) is a French former rugby union footballer who is currently the head coach for Toulon. He won 28 caps for the France national team between 1997 and 2007.

Mignoni's first club was Toulon, playing with them from 1996–1997. He then moved to Béziers, where he played club rugby from 1997 to 1998. Mignoni made his international debut for France on 22 October 1997 in a test against Romania. He played one other test that year, against Argentina.

Mignoni then moved back to Toulon for the 1999–2000 season. During 1999, in the lead up to the Rugby World Cup in Wales, he played three tests for France; against Samoa, the All Blacks and Wales. He was included in France's 1999 World Cup squad, and played two matches; starting against Namibia and Canada.

He subsequently signed with Dax and played there from 2000 to 2001. He did not play in any internationals in 2000 or in 2001, but was an unused bench replacement during two tests against the Springboks. Mignoni found himself at another one of his former clubs the following season, signing with Béziers. During 2002 he played for France during the 2002 Six Nations Championship, which France eventually completed a grandslam of (winning all five matches). He signed with ASM Clermont Auvergne, then known as AS Montferrand, in 2003 and spent six seasons there. He was included in France's squad for the 2006 June tests against Romania and the Springboks. He was picked for the 2007 Rugby World Cup squad.

After completing his sixth season at Clermont in 2009, he returned to his hometown for a third stint with Toulon. In the 2009–10 season, he began serving as a part-time coach for Toulon, focusing on skills development for the club's other scrum-halves. Mignoni was officially promoted to the Toulon coaching staff in the 2010 off-season. Initially, he worked part-time as a passing skills coach while remaining a full-time player. After the 2010–11 season, he retired from play and became the full-time backs coach.

External links

• France profile at FFR
• Pierre Mignoni on lequipe.fr
• Pierre Mignoni on scrum.com