Hugo Auradou

Hugo Auradou
Date of birth (2003-07-20) 20 July 2003 (age 21)
Place of birthSèvres, France
Height2.00 m (6 ft 6+12 in)
Weight109 kg (17 st 2 lb; 240 lb)
Notable relative(s)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Current team Pau
Youth career
2021–2023 CASPN Sarlat
2015–2020 Mont-de-Marsan
2021–2022 Pau
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2022– Pau 36 (0)
Correct as of 4 April 2024
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
  • 2022–2023
  • 2024–0000
  • 9
  • 1
  • (5)
  • (0)
Correct as of 6 July 2024

Hugo Auradou (born 20 July 2003)[1] is a France rugby union player who plays as a lock for Pau in the Top 14 competition and the France national team. He made his Top 14 debut with his club on 22 December 2022.

Playing career

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Early career

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Auradou started rugby for his hometown club in 2010, and then joined Mont-de-Marsan as a junior in 2014. In 2020, he signed with Pau and joined the Top 14 club at the end of the 2021–22 season.[2]

He was part of the world championship winning team, the France national under-20 rugby union team, at the 2023 World Rugby U20 Championship.[3] He played 4 games. Auradou made his EPCR Challenge Cup debut for Section Paloise in 2021 against London Irish. His Top 14 debut for Pau was against Aviron Bayonnais in the 2022–23 Top 14 season.[4]

Personal life

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Hugo Auradou is a member of the Auradou family rugby dynasty:

Sex assault charges and arrest

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On 8 July 2024, Auradou was arrested in Buenos Aires, Argentina on sex abuse charges.[5][6][7] Auradou and fellow France national rugby teammate Oscar Jégou reportedly committed an act of sexual assault against a woman while staying at the Diplomatic Hotel in Mendoza, Argentina on 6 July 2024 while the Les Bleus tour was underway in the area.[5][7][6] The accuser reported that she was not only sexually abused by both Auradou and Jégou during a party which took place at the hotel, but was also "strangled and beaten."[8]

Honours

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International

References

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  1. ^ "AURADOU Hugo". www.section-paloise.com. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Rugby - Top 14 : Hugo Auradou, une touche d'excellence à la Section Paloise". LaRepubliqueDesPyrenees (in French). 25 February 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  3. ^ worldrugby.org. "🔴LIVE - Ireland U20 v France U20 - U20 Championship 2023". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Top 14. Ascendance et ascension du Palois Hugo Auradou". SudOuest.fr (in French). 2 February 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Two French XV players accused of sexual assault and arrested in Argentina". Le Monde. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. ^ a b "France's Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jégou arrested on sexual assault charges". The Guardian. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Two France rugby players held in Argentina over alleged sex assault". France 24. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. ^ Morgan, Charlie; Richardson, Charles (9 July 2024). "Two France rugby players arrested over sexual abuse allegation after woman 'strangled and beaten'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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