France women's national rugby union team
National rugby union team representing France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the men's team, see France national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see France women's national rugby sevens team. For the women's rugby league team, see France women's national rugby league team.
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.
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Quick Facts Union, Head coach ...
Union | French Rugby Federation | ||
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Head coach | Gaëlle Mignot & David Ortiz | ||
Captain | Gaëlle Hermet | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 4 (as of 15 July 2024) | ||
Highest | 2 (2005–2006, 2015–2016) | ||
Lowest | 6 (2008–2009) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Utrecht, Netherlands; 13 June 1982) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Edinburgh, Scotland; 17 April 1994) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Edmonton, Canada; 14 September 1996) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 9 (First in 1991) | ||
Best result | 3rd place, 1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2017 and 2021 |
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