France women's national rugby league team

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France
Team information
NicknamesLes Bleues
Les Tricolores
The Chanticleers (Anglophone media)
Governing body
Europe
Head coachRomain Maillot
CaptainElisa Akpa
IRL ranking5th
Uniforms
First colours
Team results
First international
France 2 — 16 England 
(Albi, 7 July 2007)
Biggest win
France 116 — 0 Serbia 
(Avignon, 18 March 2023)
Biggest defeat
France 0 — 92 Australia 
(York, 6 November 2022)
World Cup
Appearances3 (first time in 2008)

The France women's national rugby league team (French: équipe de France féminine de rugby à XIII), also known as the Chanticleers (for the Anglophone media) or locally as Les Tricolores, represents France in women's rugby league. They are administered by the French Rugby League Federation.[1][2]

Head to Head Records

Opponent FM MR M W D L Win% PF PA Share
 England 2007 2023 20 0 1 19 2.50% 108 764 12.39%
 Australia 2008 2022 3 0 0 3 0.00% 0 224 0.00%
 Russia 2008 2008 1 0 0 1 0.00% 12 18 40.00%
 Samoa 2008 2008 1 0 0 1 0.00% 0 32 0.00%
 Tonga 2008 2008 1 1 0 0 100.00% 34 4 89.47%
 New Zealand 2013 2022 2 0 0 2 0.00% 0 134 0.00%
 Italy 2018 2018 1 1 0 0 100.00% 60 0 100.00%
 Turkey 2019 2019 1 1 0 0 100.00% 54 4 93.10%
 Cook Islands 2022 2022 1 0 0 1 0.00% 18 26 40.91%
 Serbia 2023 2023 1 1 0 0 100.00% 116 0 100.00%
 Wales 2023 2023 1 1 0 0 100.00% 14 4 77.78%
 Greece 2024 2024 1 1 0 0 100.00% 58 0 100.00%
Totals 2007 2024 34 6 1 27 19.18% 474 1,210 28.15%

Notes:

  • Table last updated 14 April 2024.
  • Share is the portion of "For" points compared to the sum of "For" and "Against" points.

Players

Squad for the Test Match against Greece on April 13, 2024.[3]
Table last updated 14 April 2024, after the match. Players' ages are as at that date.

Player Age Position(s) Club Profile Debut Caps T G Pts
Manon Samarra 31 Fullback, Wing RC Lescure-Arthes Yes 2019 12 4 0 16
Margot Canal 24 Wing Saint-Estève Catalan Yes 2022 7 5 0 20
Christina Song-Puche — Centre, Wing Saint-Estève Catalan No 2016 7 3 0 12
Amael Vilanove 22 Centre AS Ayguesvives Yes 2024 1 3 0 12
Chahrazad Himoudi 23 Wing Toulouse Ovalie Yes 2018 2 3 0 12
Justine Roses 20 Stand-off Saint-Estève Catalan Yes 2023 4 2 0 8
Mahault Pommier 19 Scrum-half, Stand-off AS Ayguesvives Yes 2023 4 24 48
Salomé Segala 26 Prop RC Lescure-Arthes Yes 2023 3 0 0
Fanny Ramos 29 Hooker Saint-Estève Catalan No 2017 11 5 0 20
Leïla Bessahli 27 Loose forward, Prop Saint-Estève Catalan Yes 2017 10 1 0 4
Inès Legout — Second-row, Prop AS Ayguesvives No 2018 8 2 0 8
Stecy Bessiere 17 Second-row RC Lescure-Arthes Yes 2023 2 0 0
Dorine Samarra 28 Loose forward, Hooker RC Lescure-Arthes Yes 2022 8 2 0 8
Hélène Leclerc — interchange Toulouse Ovalie No 2024 1 0 0
Pauline Noé — Prop, Second-row Saint-Estève Catalan No 2024 1 0 0
Nabila Zaghdoudi 36 Prop Toulouse Ovalie No 2008 5 0 0
Tallis Kuresa 29 Fullback, Loose forward RC Bègles XIII No 2021 5 0 0
Lauréane Biville 24 Centre, Loose forward RC Lescure-Arthes Yes 2016 13 5 0 20
Sarah Menaa 20 Second-row, Loose forward Saint-Estève Catalan Yes 2022 4 0 0
Perle Ramazeilles 28 Wing RC Lescure-Arthes Yes 2023 3 3 0 12

Results

Full internationals

Date Opponent Score Tournament Venue Video Reports
7 Jul 2007  England
2-16
Test Match Stade Municipal de Lescure d'Albigeois, Albi[4] — [5]
13 Jul 2008  England
4–42
Test Match Widnes RUFC — [6]
6 Nov 2008  Australia
0–60
2008 World Cup Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast — [7]
8 Nov 2008  England
4–54
— [8]
10 Nov 2008  Russia
12–18
—
12 Nov 2008  Samoa
0–32
— [9]
14 Nov 2008  Tonga
34–4
— [10]
18 Jul 2009  England
8–28
2 Test Series Stade Ernest Argeles, Toulouse — [11]
25 Jul 2009  England
0–36
Stade Ernest Argeles, Toulouse — [12]
10 Jul 2010  England
8–40
Test Match National Sports Centre, Lilleshall — [13]
2 Jul 2011  England
6–40
2 Test Series Parc Des Sports, Avignon — [14]
6 Jul 2011  England
6–56
Parc Des Sports, Avignon — [15]
15 Jun 2012  England
0–48
Test Match Grattan Stadium, Bradford — [16]
5 Jul 2013  New Zealand
0–88
2013 World Cup The Tetley's Stadium, Dewsbury [17] [18]
8 Jul 2013  Australia
0–72
Post Office Road, Featherstone [19] [20]
11 Jul 2013  England
4–42
Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley
 [21] [22][23]
13 Jul 2013  England
0–54
South Leeds Stadium, Hunslet [24] [25][26]
17 Jun 2015  England
4–24
2 Test Series Stade Jean Benege, Tonneins — [27][28]
20 Jun 2015  England
14–14
Stade Roger Garnung, Biganos — [29][30]
22 Oct 2016  England
6–36
Test Match Parc des Sports, Avignon — [31]
21 Jun 2017  England
16–26
2 Test Series Stade de la Mer, Perpignan — [32]
24 Jun 2017  England
8–14
Stade de la Mer, Perpignan — [33]
10 Nov 2018  Italy
60–0
Test Match Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne — [34]
27 Oct 2018  England
4–54
Test Match Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne — [35]
5 Oct 2019  Turkey
54–4
Test Match Istanbul [36] [37]
23 Oct 2021  England
4–40
 Test Match Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan [38] [39][40][41]
18 Jun 2022  England
10–36
 Test Match Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington [42] [43][44]
2 Nov 2022  New Zealand
0–46
 2021 World Cup York Community Stadium, York [45] [46][47]
6 Nov 2022  Australia
0–92
 [48] [49][50]
10 Nov 2022  Cook Islands
18–26
 [51] [52][53]
18 Mar 2023  Serbia
116–0
Test Match Parc Des Sports, Avignon [54] [55][56]
29 Apr 2023  England
0–64
Test Match Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington [57] [58][59]
29 Oct 2023  Wales
14–4
Test Match Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne — [60][61]
13 Apr 2024  Greece
58–0
WCQ Euro B Stade Georges Dartiailh, Marmande [62] [63]

Tour / Trial / Warm-Up Matches

This list is perhaps incomplete. It might be missing matches against Great Britain Under 21 team played between 2000 and 2007.

Date Opponent Score Tournament Venue Video Report(s)
7 Jul 2010 England Combined Services
20–14
Tour Match Wakefield — [64]
24 Feb 2018  Italy
12–4
Selection Stade Léo Lagrange,Toulon — [65][66]
27 Oct 2022  Brazil
16–4
Warm-Up Match The Millennium Stadium, Featherstone [67] [68]

See also

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