France women's national rugby league team

The France women's national rugby league team, also known as the Chanticleers (for the Anglophone media) or locally as Les Tricolores, represents France in women's rugby league. They are administered by the French Rugby League Federation.^[2][3] On 7 July 2007, the team played their first international match; a 16–2 loss to England.^[4] France have competed at three World Cups: 2008, 2013 and 2021. With a victory over Serbia on 22 June 2024, they qualified for the 2026 Women's Rugby League World Cup.^[5]

France

Team information
Nicknames	Les Bleues Les Tricolores The Chanticleers (Anglophone media)
Governing body	Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII
Region	Europe
Head coach	Romain Maillot
Captain	Manon Samarra
IRL ranking	4 (21 July 2025)[1]
Uniforms
First colours
Team results
First international
France 2 — 16 England  (Albi, 7 July 2007)
Biggest win
France 116 — 0 Serbia  (Avignon, 18 March 2023)
Biggest defeat
France 0 — 92 Australia  (York, 6 November 2022)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (first time in 2008)
Best result	2008 (one win) Qualified for 2026

Head to head records

Opponent	FM	MR	M	W	D	L	Win%	PF	PA	Share
England	2007	2024	21	0	1	20	2.38%	108	806	11.82%
Australia	2008	2022	3	0	0	3	0.00%	0	224	0.00%
Russia	2008	2008	1	0	0	1	0.00%	12	18	40.00%
Samoa	2008	2008	1	0	0	1	0.00%	0	32	0.00%
Tonga	2008	2008	1	1	0	0	100.00%	34	4	89.47%
New Zealand	2013	2022	2	0	0	2	0.00%	0	134	0.00%
Italy	2018	2018	1	1	0	0	100.00%	60	0	100.00%
Turkey	2019	2019	1	1	0	0	100.00%	54	4	93.10%
Cook Islands	2022	2022	1	0	0	1	0.00%	18	26	40.91%
Serbia	2023	2024	2	2	0	0	100.00%	174	0	100.00%
Wales	2023	2023	1	1	0	0	100.00%	14	4	77.78%
Greece	2024	2024	1	1	0	0	100.00%	58	0	100.00%
Ireland	2025	2025	1	1	0	0	100.00%	34	4	89.47%
Totals	2007	2025	37	8	1	28	22.97%	566	1,256	31.06%

Notes:

• Table last updated 12 July 2025.
• Share is the portion of "For" points compared to the sum of "For" and "Against" points.

Players

Squad for the match against Ireland on 12 July 2025. Manon Samarra was named captain.^[6]

Table last updated 14 July 2025, after the match against Ireland. Players' ages are as at that date.

Player	Age	Position(s)	Club	Profile	Debut	Caps	T	G	Pts
Manon Samarra	33	Fullback, Wing	RC Lescure-Arthes	Yes	2019	15	4	0	16
Amael Vilanove	—	Wing, Centre	AS Ayguesvives	No	2023	4	6	0	24
Mélissa Medina	—	Centre, Wing	RC Lescure-Arthes	No	2021	1	2	0	8
Lauréane Biville	26	Centre, Loose forward	RC Lescure-Arthes	Yes	2016	14	5	0	20
Perle Ramazeilles	29	Wing	RC Lescure-Arthes	Yes	2023	6	6	0	24
Justine Roses	22	Stand-off	Saint-Estève Catalan	Yes	2023	7	3	0	12
Lisa Diraison	—	Scrum-half, Stand-off	RC Lescure-Arthes	No	2024	3	0	12	24
Leïla Bessahli	28	Prop, Loose forward	Saint-Estève Catalan	Yes	2017	13	1	0	4
Dorine Samarra	29	Hooker, Second-row	RC Lescure-Arthes	Yes	2022	10	3	0	12
Salomé Segala	27	Prop	RC Lescure-Arthes	Yes	2023	6	0	0	0
Kaïna Absi	—	Second-row	Saint-Estève Catalan	No	2025	1	1	0	4
Stecy Bessiere	18	Second-row	RC Lescure-Arthes	Yes	2023	4	0	0	0
Tallis Kuresa	30	Loose forward, Fullback	RC Bègles XIII	No	2021	8	0	0	0
Noémie Samuel	—	Scrum-half	RC Lescure-Arthes	No	2024	3	0	0	0
Anaïs Andral	—	Prop	RC Lescure-Arthes	No	2025	1	0	0	0
Pauline Noé	—	interchange	Saint-Estève Catalan	No	2024	3	0	0	0
Elodie Pacull	33	Prop, Stand-off	Baroudeuses de Pia XIII	No	2021	6	0	0	0
Lucie Castello	—	Centre, Wing	RC Bègles XIII	No	2015	4	1	0	4

Results

Full internationals

Date	Opponent	Score	Tournament	Venue	Video	Reports
7 July 2007	England	2–16	Test Match	Stade Municipal de Lescure d'Albigeois, Albi[7]	—	[8][4]
13 July 2008	England	4–42	Test Match	Widnes RUFC	—	[9]
6 November 2008	Australia	0–60	2008 World Cup	Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast	—	[10]
8 November 2008	England	4–54			—	[11]
10 November 2008	Russia	12–18			—
12 November 2008	Samoa	0–32			—	[12]
14 November 2008	Tonga	34–4			—	[13]
18 July 2009	England	8–28	2 Test Series	Stade Ernest Argeles, Toulouse	—	[14]
25 July 2009	England	0–36		Stade Ernest Argeles, Toulouse	—	[15]
10 July 2010	England	8–40	Test Match	National Sports Centre, Lilleshall	—	[16]
2 July 2011	England	6–40	2 Test Series	Parc Des Sports, Avignon	—	[17]
6 July 2011	England	6–56		Parc Des Sports, Avignon	—	[18]
15 June 2012	England	0–48	Test Match	Grattan Stadium, Bradford	—	[19]
5 July 2013	New Zealand	0–88	2013 World Cup	The Tetley's Stadium, Dewsbury	[20]	[21]
8 July 2013	Australia	0–72		Post Office Road, Featherstone	[22]	[23]
11 July 2013	England	4–42		Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley	[24]	[25][26]
13 July 2013	England	0–54		South Leeds Stadium, Hunslet	[27]	[28][29]
17 June 2015	England	4–24	2 Test Series	Stade Jean Benege, Tonneins	—	[30][31]
20 June 2015	England	14–14		Stade Roger Garnung, Biganos	—	[32][33]
22 October 2016	England	6–36	Test Match	Parc des Sports, Avignon	—	[34]
21 June 2017	England	16–26	2 Test Series	Stade de la Mer, Perpignan	—	[35]
24 June 2017	England	8–14		Stade de la Mer, Perpignan	—	[36]
10 November 2018	Italy	60–0	Test Match	Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne	—	[37]
27 October 2018	England	4–54	Test Match	Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne	—	[38]
5 October 2019	Turkey	54–4	Test Match	Istanbul	[39]	[40]
23 October 2021	England	4–40	Test Match	Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan	[41]	[42][43][44]
18 June 2022	England	10–36	Test Match	Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington	[45]	[46][47]
2 November 2022	New Zealand	0–46	2021 World Cup	York Community Stadium, York	[48]	[49][50]
6 November 2022	Australia	0–92			[51]	[52][53]
10 November 2022	Cook Islands	18–26			[54]	[55][56]
18 March 2023	Serbia	116–0	Test Match	Parc Des Sports, Avignon	[57]	[58][59]
29 April 2023	England	0–64	Test Match	Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington	[60]	[61][62]
29 October 2023	Wales	14–4	Test Match	Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne	[63]	[64][65]
13 April 2024	Greece	58–0	WCQ Euro B	Stade Georges Dartiailh, Marmande	[66]	[67]
22 June 2024	Serbia	58–0		Stadium FC Srem Jakovo, Belgrade	[68]	[5][69]
29 June 2024	England	0–42	Test Match	Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse	[70]	[71][72]
12 July 2025	Ireland	34–4	Test Match	Garda RFC, Westmanstown Sports Centre, Dublin		[73]

Tour / trial / warm-up matches

This list is perhaps incomplete. It might be missing matches against Great Britain Under 21 team played between 2000 and 2007.

Date	Opponent	Score	Tournament	Venue	Video	Report(s)
7 July 2010	England Combined Services	20–14	Tour Match	Wakefield	—	[74]
24 February 2018	Italy	12–4	Selection	Stade Léo Lagrange,Toulon	—	[75][76]
27 October 2022	Brazil	16–4	Warm-Up Match	The Millennium Stadium, Featherstone	[77]	[78]

See also

• France portal
• Sports portal

• France national rugby league team
• Rugby league in France