Linda Djougang

Linda Djougang (born 17 May 1996) is an Irish rugby player and nurse from Rush, Co Dublin. She plays for Old Belvedere, Leinster and Ireland women's national rugby union team. She works fulltime as a nurse in Dublin and is a brand ambassador for Energia Group and ALDI. in Cameroon at the age of 9. She studied general nursing at Trinity College Dublin from 2015 to 2020. She worked as a part-time care assistant from 2016 to 2020. She also worked as an intern at Grant Thornton International. when a friend invited her to a game of tag rugby. She has also played for the Dublin University Football Club.

In December 2019 she scored a try for Leinster against Harlequins in the first women's club game to be played in Twickenham.

In August 2021, the Irish Rugby Football Union announced that Djougang would move from Leinster Rugby to ASM Romagnat. Djougang originally played as a blindside flanker before moving to loosehead prop and then tighthead prop.

She was named in Ireland's XVs side for the 2025 Six Nations Championship in March. On 11 August 2025, she made the Irish squad to the Rugby World Cup.

Awards 2021 Energia Women's Rugby Award - nominee 2020 Zurich Women's XV Player of the Year - nominee 2019 Trinity Sports Person of the Year - winner