Clara Joyeux (born 10 January 1998) is a French international

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player. She competed at the

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and at the

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, and

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's. She also competed at the

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Career

Joyeux studied at the Garenne college in Gramat; from 2008 to 2015, she played with the JS Gramat club, 4, Spotted by CA Brive, she competed with Les Vaseix agricultural high school in Limoges, which won the French high school championship. She then played with the Limoges, then was spotted by the national coaches during an internship at the National Rugby Center in May 2016. She was selected in 2017 for the under 20 France national team, for a World Cup training course. In 2017, she joined women's Blagnac rugby. In November 2018, she was one of the first 24 French rugby union players to sign a half-time federal contract. Her contract is extended for the 2019–20 season.She had her first cap for the

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on 2 February 2019 against

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for the first day of the 2019 Women's Six Nations Tournament. In 2022, she was selected to compete in the Rugby World Cup. She was named in France's squad for the

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. She was named in the side for the

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on 7 March.

References

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