Annaëlle Deshayes
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| Born | 16 March 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Annaëlle Deshayes (born 16 March 1996) is a French rugby union player. She plays for the France women's national rugby union team and Lyon Olympique Universitaire as a prop forward.
Rugby career
From Yvetot, in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France, she made her debut for the France senior side in 2016 whilst playing for Caen Rugby Club.[1] In 2017 she left Caen for Rouen.[2] In 2020 he joined Lyon Olympique Universitaire.[3]
She was named in France's team for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[4][5]
On 2 August 2025, she was selected in the French side to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Annaëlle Deshayes, a first with the smell of rose". ouest-france.fr.
- ^ "Annaëlle Deshayes: "Little, I dreamed of it"". ouest-france.fr. 8 August 2017.
- ^ "Londinières: the college received Annaëlle Deshayes, player of the XV of France women's rugby". actua.fr. 23 November 2021.
- ^ Shepard, Kit (15 October 2022). "France Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – France 7-13 England". Rugby World. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ Eddison, Paul (30 September 2022). "World Cup Lowdown: France". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "XV de France féminin : Le groupe pour la Coupe du monde" [French women's XV: The squad for the World Cup]. Fédération Française de Rugby (in French). 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "France declares squad for women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.