Laetitia Royer (born 9 February 1991) is a

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player who plays in the Back row.

Career

Royer was born in

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. In 2020, she joined the French club Lons Section Paloise, after two seasons at the club, she left after their final match where she scored a try in a 33–0 victory against the Valkyries Normandie RC allowing them to stay in

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. In October 2022, she was selected in

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's squad to participate in the

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. At the beginning of 2023, she joined

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. In October that year, she was called up to the Canadian side to participate in the inaugural WXV tournament in New Zealand. In April 2024, she was selected to compete in the

Pacific Four Series The Pacific Four Series is an international rugby union competition that is sanctioned by World Rugby. It is contested between four women's national teams — Australia women's national rugby union team, Australia, Canada women's national rugby u ...

which Canada won after beating

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for the first time in their history. She was selected in Canada's squad for the

2025 Pacific Four Series The 2025 Pacific Four Series was the fifth edition of the Pacific Four Series, an international women's rugby union tournament. Matches took place from the 3 to 24 May over two continents and provided all four teams with important preparation ahe ...

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Royer, Laetitia 1991 births Living people Canadian female rugby union players Canada women's international rugby union players 21st-century Canadian sportswomen