Assia Khalfaoui

Assia Khalfaoui
Khalfaoui in 2022
Date of birth (2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 (age 23)
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2022–  France 14 (0)

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.

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 the 27 March 2022 in Grenoble, in a 39-6 French victory against Italy.[2][3] She was named in France's team for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Rugby - Six Nations Tournament: First cap to come for Lot-et-Garonnaise Assia Khalfaoui". ladepeche.fr.
  2. ^ "France-Italy: a Chambon-Drouin hinge to lead Les Bleues when they enter the Women's Six Nations Tournament". francetvinfo.fr.
  3. ^ "France 39-6 Italy". Lequipe.fr.
  4. ^ Shepard, Kit (15 October 2022). "France Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – France 7-13 England". Rugby World. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  5. ^ Eddison, Paul (30 September 2022). "World Cup Lowdown: France". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 15 October 2022.


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