France women's national rugby union team

France

Union

French Rugby Federation

Team kit

Change kit

First international

Netherlands 0-4 France (1982)

Largest win

France 99-0 Japan (1994)

Largest defeat

France 0-109 New Zealand (1996)

World Cup

Appearances

5 (First in 1991)

Best result

3rd (1994, 2002, 2006)

The France women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of France, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 1982.

1 History
2 Results summary
3 Squad
4 Results
- 4.1 Full internationals
- 4.2 Other internationals
5 External links

History

Source: "Des Filles en Ovalie", Editions Atlantica (2005), Written by Jacques Corte / Yaneth Pinilla B. Foreword by Serge Betsen.

There are records of women's rugby being played in France as early as the mid-1890s, and in the 1920s a form of the game called "barette" was very popular, with national championships. However, after the 1930s the game had all but disappeared, and was not revived until 1965 when groups of students in Lyon and Toulouse decided to take part in the great charitable campaign against world hunger. Most of them had brothers and friends who played rugby, so they decide to organise a charity game at Bourg-en-Bresse.

So successful was this that a regular series of games began, with clubs being formed as students graduated, initially mainly in the south. In 1969 a national association - the ARF [Women's Rugby Association] - was formed. Despite initial opposition to the game from both the government and the FFR (who briefly banned any FFR officials from officiating at women's games) by 1976 12 clubs were taking part in national competitions.

In 1982, by which time the number of clubs had more than doubled, the ARF signed a memorandum of understanding was agreed with the FFR which finally gave their gave official backing - and in the same year France took part in the first ever women's rugby international.

Results summary

Note: Although the FFR list all of the following as full internationals or "test matches" in their publications (including their website), they do not award caps for all of the games. In particular no caps have been officially awarded for appearances before 1989 (when the FFR became responsible for women's rugby), and most matches in FIRA tournaments after 2004 are uncapped. As a result there can be a significant difference between the number of appearances players may have made for France and their official number of caps.

Rugby: France internationals 1982- *(Full internationals only)*
Opponent	First game	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Percentage
Australia	1998	3	2	0	1	66.67%
Belgium	1988	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Canada	1996	10	7	0	3	70.00%
England	1991	28	8	0	20	28.57%
Germany	1997	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Great Britain	1986	4	3	0	1	75.00%
Ireland	1994	18	16	1	1	91.67%
Italy	1985	12	11	1	0	95.83%
Japan	1988	2	2	0	0	100.00%
Kazakhstan	1998	3	3	0	0	100.00%
Netherlands	1982	12	11	0	1	91.67%
New Zealand	1996	4	0	0	4	0.00%
Scotland	1998	18	13	0	5	72.22%
South Africa	2009	1	0	1	0	50.00%
Spain	1989	17	12	0	5	70.59%
Sweden	1988	4	4	0	0	100.00%
United States	1996	3	1	1	1	50.00%
Wales	1994	16	13	0	3	81.25%
Summary 1982-		157	108	4	45	70.06%

Squad

Squad for 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup

Forwards

Céline Barthelemy
Nadége Labbey
Stéphanie Loyer
Gaelle Mignot
Clémence Ollivier
Laetitia Salles
Clémence Audebert
Aida Ba
Cyrielle Bouisset
Hasna Rhamouni
Manon Andre
Claire Canal
Marie Charlotte Hebel
Amandine Vaupre
Sandra Rabier

Backs

Stéphanie Provost
Marie Alice Yahe
Aurélie Bailon
Audrey Parra
Sandrine Agricole
Lucille Godiveau
Fanny Horta
Elodie Poublan
Céline Allainmat
Caroline Ladagnous
Anais Lagougine

Results

See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering

Full internationals

[1]
	1982-04-13	Netherlands	0-4	France	Utrecht	[1/1/1]

[2]
	1983-06-05	France	10-0	Netherlands	La Teste-de-Buch	[2/2/2]

[3]
	1984-05-27	Netherlands	0-3	France	Hilversum	[3/3/3]

[5]
	1985-06-02	France	20-0	Netherlands	Bourg en Bresse	[4/5/4]

[6]
	1985-06-22	Italy	0-0	France	Riccione	[1/5/1]

[8]
	1986-04-19	Great Britain	8-14	France	Richmond Athletic Park	[1/6/1]

[9]
	1986-05-01	Netherlands	10-0	France	Enschede	[7/7/5]

[10]
	1986-05-18	France	12-0	Italy	Bardos	[8/2/2]

[14]
	1987-05-02	France	28-6	Great Britain	Chalon-sur-Saône	[9/2/2]

[15]
	1987-05-17	Italy	4-16	France	Rome	[3/10/3]

[16]
	1987-05-31	France	22-3	Netherlands	Chalon-sur-Saône	[11/9/6]

[21]
	1988-05-21 (EC)	France	13-3	Netherlands	Bourg en Bresse	[12/11/7]

[23]
	1988-05-22 (EC)	France	16-3	Italy	Bourg en Bresse	[13/5/4]

[25]
	1988-05-23 (EC)	France	8-6	Great Britain	Bourg en Bresse	[14/5/3]

[28]
	1988-11-27	Belgium	0-66	France	Brussels	[2/15/1]

[31]
	1989-03-04	Great Britain	13-0	France	Rosslyn Park	[6/17/4]

[32]
	1989-05-02	Spain	0-28	France	Boe	[1/16/1]

[37]
	1990-04-14	Netherlands	0-10	France	?	[15/18/8]

[48]
	1991-04-06 (WC)	France	62-0	Japan	Aberavon	[19/1/1]

[52]
	1991-04-08 (WC)	France	37-0	Sweden	Glamorgan Wanderers	[20/7/1]

[60]
	1991-04-12 (WC)	England	13-0	France	Cardiff Arms Park	[10/21/1]

[64]
	1992-06-13	France	14-10	Spain	Bon Encontre	[22/4/2]

[67]
	1992-11-15	France	24-0	Netherlands	Fécamp	[23/23/9]

[70]
	1993-04-04	Italy	0-24	France	Rovigo	[10/24/5]

[82]
	1994-02-18	England	32-8	France	Wolverhampton	[18/25/2]

[91]
	1994-04-15 (WC)	France	31-0	Ireland	West of Scotland RFC	[26/3/1]

[96]
	1994-04-17 (WC)	France	99-0	Japan	Edinburgh Academicals RFC	[27/5/2]

[100]
	1994-04-20 (WC)	England	18-6	France	Gala	[22/28/3]

[107]
	1994-04-24 (WC)	France	27-0	Wales	Edinburgh Academicals RFC	[29/20/1]

[116]
	1995-03-05	Ireland	10-39	France	Dublin	[8/30/2]

[117]
	1995-04-12 (FIRA)	France	17-0	Netherlands	Trévise	[31/25/10]

[120]
	1995-04-16 (FIRA)	France	6-22	Spain	Trévise	[32/6/3]

[128]
	1996-02-18	France	6-15	England	Villand Bonnot	[33/27/4]

[131]
	1996-04-08 (FIRA)	France	53-0	Italy	Madrid	[34/14/6]

[138]
	1996-04-14 (FIRA)	Spain	10-15	France	Madrid	[9/35/4]

[142]
	1996-09-08 (CC)	France	16-39	United States	Edmonton	[36/20/1]

[144]
	1996-09-11 (CC)	Canada	34-3	France	Edmonton	[16/37/1]

[145]
	1996-09-14 (CC)	France	0-109	New Zealand	Edmonton	[38/13/1]

[153]
	1997-02-23	England	15-17	France	Northampton	[32/39/5]

[156]
	1997-04-02 (FIRA)	France	58-18	Germany	Nice, France	[40/13/1]

[162]
	1997-04-04 (FIRA)	France	10-15	England	Nice, France	[34/42/6]

[166]
	1997-04-06 (FIRA)	France	8-25	Spain	Nice, France	[42/13/5]

[180]
	1998-02-01	France	5-13	England	Villeneuve d' Ascq, Lille	[43/39/7]

[183]
	1998-02-21	Scotland	19-3	France	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	[26/44/1]

[196]
	1998-05-02 (WC)	France	23-6	Kazakhstan	Amsterdam	[45/12/1]

[204]
	1998-05-05 (WC)	Australia	8-10	France	Amsterdam	[7/46/1]

[208]
	1998-05-09 (WC)	Canada	9-7	France	Amsterdam	[21/47/2]

[217]
	1998-05-12 (WC)	France	7-27	Scotland	Amsterdam	[48/32/2]

[227]
	1998-05-16 (WC)	France	9-22	Spain	Amsterdam	[49/19/6]

[232]
	1999-02-07 (5N)	Ireland	0-24	France	Dublin	[27/50/3]

[236]
	1999-03-05 (5N)	France	34-5	Wales	Savigny-en-Barley	[51/39/2]

[238]
	1999-03-21 (5N)	England	13-8	France	Worcester	[50/52/8]

[240]
	1999-04-09 (5N)	France	48-18	Scotland	Melun	[53/38/3]

[244]
	1999-04-19 (FIRA)	France	28-0	Kazakhstan	Belluno, Italy	[54/18/2]

[250]
	1999-04-21 (FIRA)	England	0-19	France	Belluno, Italy	[53/55/9]

[255]
	1999-04-24 (FIRA)	France	13-5	Spain	Belluno, Italy	[56/23/7]

[261]
	2000-02-04 (5N)	Wales	10-27	France	Swansea	[43/57/3]

[263]
	2000-02-18 (5N)	France	8-24	England	Massy, Paris	[58/57/10]

[267]
	2000-03-06 (5N)	Scotland	7-10	France	Edinburgh	[43/59/4]

[268]
	2000-03-18 (5N)	France	38-5	Spain	Dax	[60/27/8]

[272]
	2000-05-08 (FIRA)	France	41-14	Ireland	El Ejido, Spain	[61/31/4]

[279]
	2000-05-10 (FIRA)	England	12-19	France	Roquetas, Spain	[60/62/11]

[284]
	2000-05-13 (FIRA)	Spain	0-31	France	Almeria, Spain	[31/63/9]

[298]
	2001-02-03 (5N)	France	13–0	Scotland	Saint Denis	[64/49/5]

[301]
	2001-02-16	Ireland	0-53	France	Dublin	[35/65/5]

[304]
	2001-03-03 (5N)	Spain	6–0	France	Madrid	[34/66/10]

[306]
	2001-03-16 (5N)	France	24–3	Wales	Nanterre	[67/54/4]

[308]
	2001-04-08 (5N)	England	50–6	France	Northampton	[69/68/12]

[311]
	2001-05-06 (FIRA)	France	45-9	Ireland	Marquette lez Lille, France	[69/36/5]

[322]
	2001-05-10 (FIRA)	France	6-9	Scotland	Lille, France	[70/54/6]

[326]
	2001-05-12 (FIRA)	France	23-34	England	Lille, France	[71/73/12]

[343]
	2002-02-02 (6N)	France	24–0	Spain	Bègles	[72/40/11]

[346]
	2002-02-15 (6N)	Wales	0–20	France	The Brewery Field, Bridgend	[61/73/5]

[349]
	2002-03-01 (6N)	France	22–17	England	Tournon, Lyon	[74/80/14]

[357]
	2002-03-24 (6N)	Scotland	12–22	France	Inverleith	[61/75/7]

[359]
	2002-04-05 (6N)	France	46–0	Ireland	Melun	[76/44/7]

[365]
	2002-05-13 (WC)	France	31-12	Kazakhstan	Barcelona	[77/27/3]

[373]
	2002-05-18 (WC)	France	21-9	United States	Barcelona	[78/42/2]

[384]
	2002-05-21 (WC)	New Zealand	30-0	France	Barcelona	[31/79/2]

[392]
	2002-05-25 (WC)	France	41-7	Canada	Barcelona	[80/36/3]

[396]
	2003-02-15 (6N)	England	57–0	France	Twickenham	[86/81/15]

[400]
	2003-02-22 (6N)	France	14–19	Scotland	Evreux	[82/69/8]

[402]
	2003-03-09 (6N)	Ireland	0–20	France	Limerick	[51/83/8]

[406]
	2003-03-22 (6N)	Spain	7–27	France	Girona	[51/84/12]

[409]
	2003-03-28 (6N)	France	34–7	Wales	Paris	[85/77/6]

[411]
	2003-05-01 (FIRA)	Sweden	0-9	France	Malmö, Sweden	[31/86/2]

[414]
	2003-05-03 (FIRA)	France	10-16	Spain	Malmö, Sweden	[87/55/13]

[430]
	2004-02-15 (6N)	France	22-5	Ireland	Savigny sur Orge, Paris	[88/54/9]

[433]
	2004-02-21 (6N)	France	24-0	Spain	Perpignan	[89/57/14]

[436]
	2004-03-07 (6N)	Wales	0-22	France	Arms Park, Cardiff	[80/90/7]

[439]
	2004-03-21 (6N)	Scotland	12-16	France	Murrayfield	[77/91/9]

[440]
	2004-03-27 (6N)	France	13-12	England	Bourg-en-Bresse, Lyon	[92/98/16]

[443]
	2004-05-01 (FIRA)	France	24-5	Spain	Castres, France	[93/61/15]

[453]
	2004-05-05 (FIRA)	France	25-6	Scotland	Toulouse, France	[94/80/10]

[458]
	2004-05-08 (FIRA)	France	8-6	England	Toulouse, France	[95/101/17]

[475]
	2005-02-04 (6N)	France	22-15	Scotland	Roubaix, Lyon	[96/83/11]

[480]
	2005-02-13 (6N)	England	10-13	France	Imber Court, London	[98/106/18]

[481]
	2005-02-25 (6N)	France	48-0	Wales	Bondoufle, Paris	[98/90/8]

[486]
	2005-03-13 (6N)	Ireland	0-34	France	Dublin	[65/99/10]

[489]
	2005-03-19 (6N)	Spain	0-39	France	San Boï de Llobregat, Barcelona	[68/100/16]

[516]
	2005-11-11	France	13-5	Canada	Nantes	[101/51/4]

[517]
	2005-11-11	France	29-0	Canada	Nanterre	[102/52/5]

[523]
	2006-02-05 (6N)	Scotland	3-23	France	Murrayfield	[91/103/12]

[524]
	2006-02-10 (6N)	France	32-0	Ireland	Montauban, Toulouse	[104/70/11]

[529]
	2006-02-25 (6N)	France	38-0	Spain	Saint Jean De Luz, Biarritz	[105/71/17]

[532]
	2006-03-11 (6N)	France	0-28	England	Bondoufle, Paris	[106/1187/19]

[533]
	2006-03-17 (6N)	Wales	11-10	France	Sardis Rd, Pontypridd	[99/107/9]

[564]
	2006-08-31 (WC)	Ireland	0-43	France	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[75/108/12]

[568]
	2006-09-04 (WC)	Australia	10-24	France	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[19/109/2]

[574]
	2006-09-08 (WC)	England	27-8	France	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[122/110/20]

[577]
	2006-09-12 (WC)	New Zealand	40-10	France	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[46/111/3]

[587]
	2006-09-17 (WC)	Canada	8-17	France	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton	[61/112/6]

[600]
	2007-02-04 (6N)	Italy	17-37	France	Biella	[53/113/7]

[601]
	2007-02-10 (6N)	Ireland	10-13	France	St Mary's RFC, Dublin	[81/114/13]

[605]
	2007-02-24 (6N)	France	15-0	Wales	Stade Guy Moquet a Drancy, Paris	[115/105/10]

[609]
	2007-03-11 (6N)	England	38-12	France	Old Albanians, St Albans	[128/116/21]

[612]
	2007-03-18 (6N)	France	18-10	Scotland	Stade le Bout du Clos , Paris	[118/105/13]

[628]
	2007-04-28 (FIRA)	France	12-0	Sweden	Barcelona, Spain	[118/43/3]

[632]
	2007-04-30 (FIRA)	France	27-8	Netherlands	Barcelona, Spain	[119/78/11]

[636]
	2007-05-02 (FIRA)	France	17-10	Wales	Barcelona, Spain	[120/111/11]

[641]
	2007-05-05 (FIRA)	England	27-17	France	Barcelona, Spain	[133/121/22]

[658]
	2008-02-03 (6N)	Scotland	15-43	France	Meggetland	[107/122/14]

[661]
	2008-02-10 (6N)	France	26-17	Ireland	St Gratien	[123/86/14]

[663]
	2008-02-23 (6N)	France	0-31	England	Bergerac, Agen	[124/136/23]

[667]
	2008-03-08 (6N)	France	35-6	Italy	Valence, Lyon	[125/65/8]

[669]
	2008-03-15 (6N)	Wales	3-0	France	Taff's Well	[117/126/12]

[682]
	2008-05-17 (FIRA)	Netherlands	3-24	France	Amsterdam	[85/127/22]

[692]
	2008-05-20 (FIRA)	France	10-18	Wales	Leiden, Netherlands	[128/119/13]

[702]
	2008-05-24 (FIRA)	France	22-22	Ireland	Amsterdam	[129/92/15]

[723]
	2009-02-06 (6N)	Ireland	7-5	France	Ashbourne, County Meath	[93/130/16]

[728]
	2009-02-15 (6N)	France	25-12	Scotland	Arras	[131/117/15]

[731]
	2009-02-28 (6N)	France	27-5	Wales	Montauban	[132/123/14]

[733]
	2009-03-15 (6N)	England	52-7	France	London Welsh	[149/133/24]

[737]
	2009-03-22 (6N)	Italy	10-14	France	Torino	[61/134/9]

[761]
	2009-08-10 (NC)	France	17-17	South Africa	Oakville, Ontario	[135/12/1]

[763]
	2009-08-13 (NC)	England	43-8	France	Oakville, Ontario	[153/136/25]

[764]
	2009-08-16 (NC)	Canada	7-12	France	Oakville, Ontario	[71/137/7]

[767]
	2009-08-22 (NC)	France	15-15	United States	Fletchers Fields, Toronto	[138/70/3]

[778]
	2009-11-18	France	5-14	Canada	Dijon	[139/74/8]

[779]
	2009-11-21	France	22–0	Canada	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	[140/75/9]

[787]
	2010-02-06 (6N)	Scotland	10-8	France	Lasswade	[124/140/16]

[788]
	2010-02-12 (6N)	France	19-9	Ireland	Stade des Allées, Blois, Loir-et-Cher	[141/99/17]

[798]
	2010-02-28 (6N)	Wales	3-15	France	Brewery Field, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan	[128/142/16]

[803]
	2010-03-13 (6N)	France	45-14	Italy	Montpellier, Hérault	[143/78/10]

[805]
	2010-03-19 (6N)	France	10-11	England	Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine	[144/158/26]

[838]
	2010-08-20 (WC)	France	15-9	Sweden	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[146/65/4]

[842]
	2010-08-24 (WC)	France	17-10	Scotland	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[147/132/17]

[849]
	2010-08-28 (WC)	Canada	8–23	France	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[85/148/10]

[857]
	2010-09-01 (WC)	New Zealand	45–7	France	Twickenham Stoop	[149/57/4]

[863]
	2010-09-05 (WC)	France	8–22	Australia	Twickenham Stoop	[150/30/3]

[867]
	2010-02-04 (6N)	France	53-3	Scotland	Viry-Chatillon	[151/137/19]

[870]
	2010-02-11 (6N)	Ireland	12-14	France	Ashbourne	[109/152/18]

[875]
	2010-02-27 (6N)	England	16-3	France	Sixways Stadium, Worcester	[171/153/27]

[876]
	2010-03-13 (6N)	Italy	20-28	France	Benevento	[89/154/10]

[880]
	2010-03-19 (6N)	France	15-0	Wales	Bourgoin-Jallieu	[155/141/16]

[908]
	2011-10-29	France	37-0	Italy	Stade des Arboras, Nice	[156/91/12]

[909]
	2011-11-05	France	16-15	England	Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin, Châteaurenard	[157/178/28]

Other internationals

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	1994-04-11 (WC)	Scottish Students	8-77	France	West of Scotland RFC	[-/-/-]

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	2000-04-02	France A	22-11	Italy	Marseille	[-/-/-]

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	2001-03-18	France A	39-0	Netherlands	?	[-/-/-]

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	2002-02-16	Netherlands	5-53	France A	Amsterdam	[-/-/-]

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	2002-02-22	France A	46-5	Netherlands	?	[-/-/-]

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	2003-03-29	France A	5-25	Wales A	Paris	[-/-/-]

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	2004-03-05	Wales A	5-8	France A	Llanrumney	[-/-/-]

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	2004-03-27	France A	14-32	England A	Bourg-en-Bresse	[-/-/-]

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	2005-02-12	England A	29-6	France A	Imber Court	[-/-/-]

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	2005-02-26	Netherlands	17-12	France A	Amsterdam	[-/-/-]

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	2006-03-18	France A	47-7	Netherlands	Metz	[-/-/-]

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	2007-02-11	Netherlands	5-29	France A	Purmerend	[-/-/-]

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	2007-03-11	England A	21-7	France A	Old Albanians, St Albans	[-/-/-]

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	2008-02-10	France A	37-7	Netherlands	St Gratien	[-/-/-]

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	2008-02-23	France A	0-3	England A	Bergerac, Agen	[-/-/-]

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	2009-03-15	England A	38-5	France A	London Welsh	[-/-/-]

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	2009-02-15	France A	61-0	Scotland Development	Arras	[-/-/-]

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	2009-02-28	Netherlands	0-42	France A	Amsterdam	[-/-/-]

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	2009-03-15	England A	38-5	France A	London Welsh	[-/-/-]

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	2010-02-06	Scotland A	3-26	France A	Lasswade	[-/-/-]

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	2010-02-14	France A	37-3	Netherlands	Fécamp	[-/-/-]

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	2010-03-19	France A	20-0	England A	Rennes	[-/-/-]

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	2010-05-08 (FIRA)	France A	70-0	Belgium	Longwy	[-/-/-]

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	2010-05-10 (FIRA)	France A	5-22	Spain	Verdun	[-/-/-]

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	2010-05-12 (FIRA)	France A	5-14	Netherlands	Metz	[-/-/-]

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	2010-05-15 (FIRA)	France A	35-0	Russia	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg	[-/-/-]

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	2011-04-30 (FIRA)	France A	40-3	Sweden	INEF Bastiagueiro	[-/-/-]

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	2011-05-02 (FIRA)	Spain	12-11	France A	University of Coruña	[-/-/-]

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	2011-05-04 (FIRA)	Finland	3-109	France A	INEF Bastiaqueiro	[-/-/-]

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	2011-05-07 (FIRA)	France A	17-7	Italy A	University of Coruña	[-/-/-]

External links

(French) Official website of the Fédération Française de Rugby
News on Planet-Rugby.com
France on IRB.com

National sports teams of France

Women's national rugby union teams

Teams with Women's Rugby World Cup appearances	Australia Canada England France Germany Italy Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands New Zealand Samoa Scotland South Africa Spain Sweden United States Wales

Teams with no Women's Rugby World Cup appearances	Austria Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Catalonia Cayman Islands China Czech Republic Denmark Fiji Finland Great Britain Guyana Hong Kong Ireland Jamaica Kenya Kyrgyzstan Laos Luxembourg Malaysia Norway Philippines Portugal Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Serbia Singapore Switzerland Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Uganda USSR Uzbekistan Zambia Zimbabwe

Rugby union in France

Governing body	Fédération Française de Rugby

National teams	France A 7s France amateur U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 Women's

Competitions	National Rugby League (France) Top 14 Pro D2 Fédérale 1 Fédérale 2 Fédérale 3 Challenge Yves du Manoir Espoirs Reichel A 1er Division Féminine 2ème Division Féminine

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