Laure Touyé

Laure Touyé
Date of birth (1996-05-12) 12 May 1996 (age 28)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016-  France

Laure Touyé (born 12 May 1996) is a French rugby union player who plays for Montpellier and the France women's national rugby union team.

Career

Although she started training as a Judoka, and had not played rugby before the age of eighteen, Touyé stated that she grew to prefer the team sport nature of rugby, first for Blagnac SCR and then from 2019, Montpellier. She made her full France debut in November 2016 against the USA.[1][2] She was named in France's team for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[3][4] On 29 October 2022 Touyé scored a second half try as France became the first team to reach the semi-finals with a 39-3 win over Italy.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Laure Touyé, Tout faire pour être à la Coupe du monde". FFR.fr.
  2. ^ "The Blagnacaise Laure Touyé: "The goal is a new Grand Slam"". ladepeche.fr.
  3. ^ Shepard, Kit (15 October 2022). "France Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – France 7-13 England". Rugby World. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  4. ^ Eddison, Paul (30 September 2022). "World Cup Lowdown: France". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  5. ^ "France turn on style in the second half to progress to last four". world.rugby.


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