Assia Khalfaoui

Assia Khalfaoui (born 24 March 2001) is a French rugby union player. She plays for the France women's national rugby union team and Stade Bordelais as a prop forward.

Assia Khalfaoui

Khalfaoui in 2022
Date of birth	(2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 (age 24)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2022–  France 14 (0)

Personal life

She was born in Pont-du-Casse in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. She signed for Stade Bordelais aged 18 after playing initially for SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne.^[1]

Career

She made her international debut for France on 27 March 2022 in Grenoble, in a 39-6 French victory against Italy.^[2][3] She was named in France's team for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, which was delayed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4][5]

On 2 August 2025, she was selected in the French side to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.^[6][7]