France women's national rugby sevens team

France

Union	French Rugby Federation
Coach(es)	Romain Huet
Captain(s)	Carla Neisen
Team kit Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	3 (First in 2009)
Best result	Runners-up (2018)

France women's national rugby sevens team represents France in the Rugby Europe Women's Sevens, World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Summer Olympic Games. They are currently the 2023 European Champions; they were also champions in 2007 and 2015. France has competed in the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 2016 Rio Olympics and were silver medalists at the 2020 Games.

They have been a core team in the Women's Sevens Series since the 2014–15 season. They have also competed in the Sevens World Cup since the inauguration of the women's tournament in 2009, and were silver medalists in 2018.

France competed in the inaugural Women's Sevens World Cup in Dubai in 2009. They finished at the top of their pool, despite losing to the Netherlands in their opening game. They were eliminated by the United States in the Cup quarter-finals, without having scored a single point. They finally finished in seventh place after losing to Canada in the Plate semi-finals.

As the first edition of the Women's Sevens World Series commenced in the 2012–2013 season, France participated as an invitational team for two of the four tournaments.

In 2013, France took part in their second World Cup at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. They finished third in their pool behind Russia and England, with Russia surprising England to win the last match of the group stage. In the Bowl finals, France dominated Tunisia in the quarter-finals, before being eliminated by Fiji. They eventually finished in eleventh place overall.

In order to qualify for the Rio Olympics, where rugby was making its return, France had to win the 2015 Grand Prix with a best combined result of two tournaments. After failing in the first stage in Kazan in the final against the Russians, the Les Bleues got their revenge in Brive in the final stage by beating Russia in the semi-final. They then won the final against Spain and qualified for the 2016 Olympics.

Les Bleues started their first Olympic Games with victories against Spain and Kenya, but lost to New Zealand and were placed second in their pool. They then lost in the quarter-finals of the medal play-offs against Canada, they met Spain again in the semi-final for fifth place and beat them. However, they lost to the United States in the final and finished in sixth place.

They competed at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, their qualification being determined by their placement in the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.^[1] They went undefeated on their way to the final, even beating Olympic champions Australia by 19–12 in the semi-finals, before succumbing to defending champions New Zealand in the finals, where they were defeated 29–0.^[2]

France qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, after winning the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in Monaco.^[3] They went undefeated until the gold medal final, where they lost to New Zealand by 26–12.^[4]

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Quarterfinals	6th	6	3	3	0
2020	Gold medal final		6	5	1	0
2024	Quarterfinals	5th	6	5	1	0
Total	0 Titles	3/3	18	13	5	0

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2009	Plate Semifinalists	7th	5	2	3	0
2013	Bowl Semifinalists	11th	5	2	2	1
2018	Final	2nd	4	3	1	0
2022	Bronze final	3rd	4	3	1	0
Total	0 Titles	4/4	18	10	7	1

Rugby X Tournament
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2019	3rd	2	1	1	0

Series	Season	Events	Position	Points
I	2012–13	2 / 4	12th	9
II	2013–14	3 / 5	8th	21
III	2014–15	6	6th	72
IV	2015–16	5	5th	60
V	2016–17	6	7th	60
VI	2017–18	5		68
VII	2018–19	6	5th	70
VIII	2019–20	5	4th	70
–	2020–21	Cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
IX	2021–22	6		84
X	2022–23	7	4th	92
XI	2023–24	8	(League) (Grand Final)	104

Squad named for the 2023 World Rugby HSBC Sevens Series in Vancouver from the 3–5 March.

Caps updated to the latest date: 5 March 2023

France Women 7's
# Player Position Height Weight Date of birth Matches Points scored Club 1 Séraphine Okemba Left wing 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 78 kg (172 lb) December 3, 1995 114 250 Lyon OU 3 Chloé Pelle Tighthead Prop 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) 70 kg (150 lb) November 14, 1989 207 310 Rugby Club Chilly-Mazarin 4 Lou Noel Tighthead Prop 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) 60 kg (130 lb) November 25, 2000 50 55 AC Bobigny 93 Rugby 5 Joanna Grisez Left wing 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 56 kg (123 lb) October 5, 1996 73 230 AC Bobigny 93 Rugby 6 Yolaine Yengo Outside Centre 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) 52 kg (115 lb) April 24, 1993 67 147 Stade Rennais Rugby 8 Camille Grassineau Left wing 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 58 kg (128 lb) September 10, 1990 210 410 Stade Français Paris 9 Carla Neisen Outside Centre 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) 67 kg (148 lb) March 8, 1996 139 155 Blagnac Rugby Féminin 10 Caroline Drouin Fly Half 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 74 kg (163 lb) July 7, 1996 95 225 Stade Rennais Rugby 13 Jade Ulutule Fullback 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) 63 kg (139 lb) October 12, 1992 116 511 Stade Rennais Rugby 15 Chloé Jacquet Inside Centre 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) 58 kg (128 lb) April 17, 2002 18 22 28 Lili Dezou Inside Centre 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) 60 kg (130 lb) July 8, 2004 24 32 Stade Toulousain 88 Iän Jason Fullback 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 51 kg (112 lb) January 18, 1997 63 77 Stade Toulousain
Coach: David Courteix
2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

The following France Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:^[6][7]

• France Women's Sevens

• Official website
• WorldRugby profile