Football. New staff, 32 players under FFF contract… France Women’s XV launches 2023 season

A new era is dawning XV from France women In 2023. Les Bleues gather in Seilh (Haute-Garonne), north of Toulouse, on January 9 and 10, their first gathering to start their season, two months after the start of the season. 6 Nations Championship 2023.

The French are among 36all of whom operate under a federal contract with the French Rugby Union (compared to 26 previously) under the supervision of educators – trainers Gael Minot And David Ortiz. The latter will repair the former duo of technicians from Agen (Pro D2) with Sylvain Mirandnewly appointed coach of three-quarters of the blue team.

New faces, such as Bourgeois and Rivono, and old ones

These two days of the seminar should allow the entire France group to define their framework for the new season and prepare the next training sessions and sporting deadlines, after Third place Acquired during the World Cup in New Zealand in November 2022. Thus Gael Minot, David Ortiz and the French Football Federation have planned the next semester of the France Women’s XV with a first training in February and a second in March ahead of the 2023 6 Nations which will open on March 27 in Italy and ends April 30 in England (see program below). Always with the aim of further developing the XV of France Women and women’s practices, 32 players have signed a federal contract until June 2024.

In this list (see below), we discover new faces who represent the future of French women’s rugby, such as the young opener from Stade Bordelais Morgan Bourgeois (19 years old; 0 pick) or Stade Rennais hooker Elisa Revono, trained at the US Joué-lès-Tours (Indre-et-Loire). We also find seniors like the experienced ASM Romagnat back, Jesse Tremoliervoted the best player of the last decade, which he had I empty his bag And he tells his four facts about the former crew of Les Blues, at the end of the New Zealand World Cup or the captain of Toulouse. Gael Hermit (26 years old, 44 choices). Also note the return of the Montpellier wing back Caroline Bogard (28 years old, 46 picks), absent from the New Zealand World Cup.

“After a first series of video interviews over the Christmas break, it is essential for us to start our season concretely with this face-to-face seminar,” said coach Gael Minot, former international hooker (70 caps). “With David (Ortiz), these two days will allow us to launch our new tournament in particular with the first deadline in two months and the Six Nations Championship. We look forward to working with the players and discussing with them the challenges ahead that lie ahead. At the end of these two days of Seminar, we must be ready to work on the ground with the first sports camp that will start on February 13th.

Schedule of the fifteenth session of French women:

• January 9 and 10, 2023: Seminar in Silah (Haute-Garonne)
• 13-17 February 2023: Sports Camp in Capbreton (Landes)
• March 13-20, 2023: Sports Camp (location not specified)
• March 27, 2023: Italy – France at Stadio Sergio-Lanfranchi, Parma
• 3 April 2023: Ireland – France at Musgrave Park, Cork
• April 17, 2023: France – Scotland at Stade La Raben, Vannes
• April 24, 2023: France – Wales at Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
• April 30, 2023: England – France at Twickenham, London

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