The France women's national rugby union team represents France in women's international rugby union . They played the first-ever women's rugby union test match against the Netherlands on 13 June 1982. They compete annually in the Women's Six Nations Championship and have placed third in seven of nine Rugby World Cup 's.
5-493: Marion Lievre (born 10 January 1991) is a French female rugby union player. She represented France at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup . She was a member of the squad that won their fourth Six Nations title in 2014 . France women%27s national rugby union team Source: "Des Filles en Ovalie", Éditions 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
10-590: 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
15-560: The World Rugby Awards since 2001: The following France players have been recognised in the Women's Six Nations Awards since 2020: 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
20-459: 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 decided to organise
25-520: The number of clubs had more than doubled, the ARF signed a memorandum of understanding was agreed with the FFR which finally gave their official backing – and in the same year France took part in the first ever women's rugby international . On 2 September 2024, France announced their 30-player squad for the WXV 1 competition that will be held in Canada . The following France players have been recognised at
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