France women's national rugby union team
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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.
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.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, representing them at rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
. The side first played in 1982.
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.| Opponent | First game | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | |
| 1988 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | |
| 1996 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 70.00% | |
| 1991 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 28.57% | |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | |
| 1986 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | |
| 1994 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 91.67% | |
| 1985 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 95.83% | |
| 1988 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | |
| 1998 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | |
| 1982 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 91.67% | |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | |
| 1998 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 72.22% | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | |
| 1989 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 70.59% | |
| 1988 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | |
| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | |
| 1994 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 81.25% | |
| Summary 1982- | 157 | 108 | 4 | 45 | 70.06% |
Squad
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