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Marie Dupouy
Marie Dupouy (born 27 July 2002) is a French rugby union player who plays for the France women's national rugby union team as a centre. Rugby career Dupouy was called into France's squad as a replacement for their star scrum-half, Laure Sansus, who sustained a knee injury in their pool game against England at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup. However, after arriving in New Zealand she was placed in solitary confinement due to a positive COVID Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ... test. Dupouy was named in France's squad for the 2023 Women's Six Nations Championship. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dupouy, Marie Living people 2002 births French female rugby union players France women's international rugby union players 21st-century French sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century. Rugby is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is played between two teams of 15 players each, using an Rugby ball, oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch. The field has H-shaped Goal (sports)#Structure, goalposts at both ends. Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by people regardless of gender, age or size. In 2023, there were more than 10 million people playing worldwide, of whom 8.4 million were registered players. World Rugby, previously called the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), has been the governing body for rugby union since 1886, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Women's National Rugby Union 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. History ''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 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 a charity game at Bourg-en-Bresse. So successf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laure Sansus
Laure Bourdon Sansus (née Sansus, born 21 June 1994) is a former French rugby union player. Biography Originally from Toutens, she attended the rugby school of Labastide-Beauvoir. She then joined the Saint-Orens rugby féminin before being recruited by l'Avenir Fonsorbais rugby féminin (which later became Stade toulousain). On 6 February 2016, in Bourg-en-Bresse, she made her international debut for France in a 39-0 victory over Italy. Sansus paused her career during the 2017-18 season, before returning to play with Stade toulousain for the 2018-19 season. That season, she made her first appearance in the French women's rugby championship, as Stade toulousain lost 22-13 to Stade Maurice-Trélut. She was nominated for the 2021 World Rugby Player of the Year. She was named the Best Player of the 2022 women's Six Nations, leading the competition in tries. On 15 May 2022, she announced she would be retiring at the end of the year. She was named in France's team to the 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Rugby World Cup Pool C
Pool C of the 2021 Rugby World Cup began on 8 October 2022 with France women's national rugby union team, France taking on South Africa women's national rugby union team, South Africa at Eden Park. The pool includes two-time champions England women's national rugby union team, England and France, who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2017. They are joined by South Africa women's national rugby union team, South Africa, who qualified as champions of the 2021 Rugby Africa Women's Cup, and by debutants Fiji women's national rugby union team, Fiji, who qualified for the tournament with their win over Samoa women's national rugby union team, Samoa. Standings ''All times are local Time in New Zealand, New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00, UTC+13)'' South Africa vs France Notes: * Joanna Grisez (France) made her international debut. Fiji vs England Notes: * This was the first meeting between the two nations. * This was Fiji's first World Cup game. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
