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France national wheelchair rugby league team

The France national wheelchair rugby league team represents France in wheelchair rugby league. The team have played in all four World Cup tournaments, finishing third in the inaugural competition in 2008 tournament before finishing as championns in both 2013 and 2017. They finished as runners-up in 2021 and also finished runners-up in the 2015 European Rugby League Championship.

France
Team information
Governing bodyFrench Rugby League Federation
RegionEurope
IRL ranking2nd
Team results
World Cup
Appearances4 (first time in 2008)
Best resultWinners (2013, 2017)

Current squad

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Squad selected for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup (played in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[1]

  • Mostefa Abassi (Saint-Jory)
  • Lionel Alazard (Montauban)
  • Jérémy Bourson (Dragons Handi)
  • Gilles Clausells (Dragons Handi)
  • Nicolas Clausells (Dragons Handi)
  • Dany Denuwelaere (Montauban)
  • Thomas Duhalde (Euskadi)
  • Florian Guttadoro (SO Avignon)
  • Guillaume Mautz (SO Avignon)
  • Julien Penella (Euskadi)
  • Arno Vargas (Dragons Handi)
  • Yann Verdi (SO Avignon)
  • Jonathan Hivernat (Dragons Handi, standby)
  • Adrien Zittel (Arbent, standby)

Competitive record

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World Cup Record
Year Finish
  2008 Third Place
  2013 Champions
  2017 Champions
  2021 Runners-up

Results

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Date Opponent Score Competition Venue Attendance Ref.
3 June 2006   Great Britain 20–6 Friendly CREPS Centre, Bourges [2]
2007   England ?–? Friendly Harrow, London [3]
7 November 2008 Barbarians[a] 108–0 2008 Rugby League World Cup Group Stage Sydney Academy of Sport, Narrabeen [5]
10 November 2008   Australia 44–14 Mount Druitt, Sydney
12 November 2008   England 16–28 Sydney Academy of Sport, Narrabeen
14 November 2008   Australia 20–22 2008 Rugby League World Cup Semi Final Whitlam Centre, Sydney
17 November 2008 Barbarians[a] 52–0 2008 Rugby League World Cup 3rd/4th play-off Mount Druitt, Sydney
28 August 2009   England 38–36 Friendly Brunel University, London [6][7]
16 October 2010   England 44–34 Friendly Cahors 1,060 [8]
8 October 2011   England 32–34 Friendly Leigh Sports Village, Leigh [9]
27 August 2012   England 43–22 Friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy Medway Park, Gillingham 700 [10][11]
3 July 2013   England 28–20 2013 Rugby League World Cup Group Stage Medway Park, Gillingham [12][13]
6 July 2013   Scotland 154–2 [12]
9 July 2013   Australia 72–6 [12]
11 July 2013   Wales 71–30 2013 Rugby League World Cup Semi Final [12][14]
13 July 2013   England 42–40 2013 Rugby League World Cup Final [15]
9 May 2014   England 64–46 Friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy Kindarena, Rouen 2,700 [16][17]
23 September 2015   England 26–56 Friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy Medway Park, Gillingham [18]
24 September 2015   England 26–24 2015 Rugby League European Championship Group Stage Medway Park, Gillingham
25 September 2015   Wales 52–5
25 September 2015   Ireland 100–8
25 September 2015   Scotland 88–6
26 September 2015   England 24–28 2015 Rugby League European Championship Final [19]
18 July 2017   Australia 70–16 Friendly Gymnase L'Olympie, Limoux [20]
20 July 2017   England 71–31 2017 Rugby League World Cup Group Stage Halle aux Sport, Carcassonne [12]
22 July 2017   Australia 102–22 Complexe La Rijole, Pamiers [12]
24 July 2017   Wales 118–10 Gymnase du Lac, Saint-Jory [12]
25 July 2017   Italy 98–6 2017 Rugby League World Cup Semi Final Gymnase Compans Cafferlli, Toulouse [12]
28 July 2017   England 38–34 2017 Rugby League World Cup Final Parc des Expositions, Perpignan [12]
21 June 2019   England 25–31 Two match series friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy Gymnase M. Guigou, Apt [21][22]
23 June 2019   England 50–46 Palais des Sports de Toulon [23]
10 November 2021   England 49–24 Two match series friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy[24] Medway Park, Gillingham [25]
13 November 2021   England 39–26 [26]
19 June 2022   England 48–62 Friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy National Basketball Centre, Manchester [27]
4 November 2022   Wales 104–6 2021 Rugby League World Cup Group Stage English Institute of Sport, Sheffield 1,129 [28]
7 November 2022   Scotland 80–15 1,200 [29]
10 November 2022   United States 116–6 1,129 [30]
13 November 2022   Australia 84–40 2021 Rugby League World Cup Semi Final English Institute of Sport, Sheffield 1,318 [31]
18 November 2022   England 24–28 2021 Rugby League World Cup final Manchester Central, Manchester 4,526 [32]
5 November 2023   England 43–34 Two match series friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy Leeds Arena, Leeds 2,373 [33]
25 November 2023   England 18–34 Palais des Sports, Marseille [34]

Upcoming fixtures

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Records and statistics

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IRL Wheelchair World Rankings
Official rankings as of June 2024
Rank Change Team Pts %
1     England 100
2     France 89
3   1   Australia 61
4   1   Ireland 49
5   2   Wales 47
6     Scotland 38
7   1   United States 27
8   1   Spain 23
9     Italy 0
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT

Honours

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b The Barbarians/Pacific Islands were a replacement team due to New Zealand withdrawing from the 2008 World Cup[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Rugby League World Cup 2021: Official wheelchair squads". nrl.com. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Major stages and big events". Rugby XIII Fauteuil. Archived from the original on 13 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Rugby League pioneers recognised in New Year's Honours". Rugby Football League. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Wheelchair Rugby League tournament". 9 November 2008. Archived from the original on 12 November 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Results: 2008". RLEF. Archived from the original on 24 July 2009.
  6. ^ "England Wheelchair Tag RL squad named". Rugby Football League. 3 August 2009. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012.
  7. ^ "RFL Annual Report 2009" (PDF). p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2010.
  8. ^ "France 44–34 England". European Rugby League. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  9. ^ "England 34–32 France". European Rugby League. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup draw is made". Rugby Football League. 23 April 2013. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013.
  11. ^ "International Rugby League Came to Medway". Medway Dragons. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Wheelchair World Cup". rugbyleague.wales. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  13. ^ "England 20–28 France". European Rugby League. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  14. ^ "England 81–10 Australia". European Rugby League. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Match Report: Wheelchair World Cup final". European Rugby League. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  16. ^ "France 64–46 England". European Rugby League. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Pari réussi pour l'Equipe de France XIII Fauteuil". FFRXIII (in French). 15 May 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  18. ^ "England 56–26 France". European Rugby League. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  19. ^ https://www.rugby-league.com/article/26715/england-claim-euro-wheelchair-crown
  20. ^ https://www.ffr13.fr/des-francais-contre-les-bleus/
  21. ^ "England 31–25 France". European Rugby League. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  22. ^ "L'équipe de France Rugby XIII Fauteuil face à l'Angleterre ce soir! La feuille de match!" (in French). FFRXIII. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  23. ^ "France 50–46 England". European Rugby League. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  24. ^ "England's wheelchair rugby league team seek to right wrongs against France in Sunday's international". Sky Sports. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  25. ^ "England 24–49 France". European Rugby League. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  26. ^ "England 26–39 France". European Rugby League. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  27. ^ "England 62–48 France". European Rugby League. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  28. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20221128071915/https://www.rlwc2021.com/report/35
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  32. ^ "England beat France to win Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup - reaction". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  33. ^ "World champions England defeated by France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  34. ^ "France 18–34 England". European Rugby League. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  35. ^ "England women & wheelchair teams to host in autumn". BBC Sport. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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