![]() ![]() Major Rochard's work for the Allies landed him in German prison camps for five months. ![]() He served until the surrender of ex-King Leopold, then joined the underground resistance. But he was called into service as an anti-aircraft artillery officer when the Axis Powers invaded the Low Countries. A broadly educated man, he had planned to be a college professor. The real Henri Rochard was a native of Antwerp, Belgium. * He was not a French Army Captain, but a Belgian Army Major Lucile Contal (Stade Rennais Rugby) 23.Henri Rochard was his pen name. Marisol Le Brun (Stade Rennais Rugby) 20. Suzanne Nicole (Lille Métropole RC V) 18. Ambre Mwayembe (FC Grenoble) 2.Élisa Riffonneau (Stade Rennais Rugby) 3.Zelie Reulet (Stade Toulousain) 4.Aissata Coulibaly (AC Bobigny 93 Rugby) 5.Julia Grosz (AS Bayonne) 6.Audrey Bervin (RC Chilly Mazarin) 7.Léa Champon (FC Grenoble) 8.Teani Feleu (Oneleki RC – FC Grenoble) 9.Océane Bordes (Stade Toulousain) 10. Holly Thorpe (DMP Durham Sharks)įrance U20: 1. Nikita Prothero (Loughborough Lightning) 7. Lilli Ives Campion (Loughborough Lightning) 5. Georgina Tasker (Loughborough Lightning) 14. Grace Crompton (Bristol Bears)Įngland U20 : 15. Maisy Allen (vice-captain Exeter Chiefs) 8. Georgina Tasker (Loughborough Lightning) 12. Replacements: Lucile Contal (Stade Rennais Rugby) Clémentine Pages (Blagnac SC) Audrey Bervin (RC Chilly Mazarin) Aissata Coulibaly (AC Bobigny 93 Rugby) Marisol Le Brun (Stade Rennais Rugby) Apolline Gaudon (Lyon OL U) Suzanne Nicole (Lille Métropole RC V)ĥ tries - Riffonneau (7) Lavabre (28), Graciet (37), Dupouy (75), Feleu (80), 2 Conversions - Bourgeois (37, 75), 2 penalties - Bourgeois (40, 73)Įngland U20: 15. Morgane Bourgeois (Stade Bordelais) (cap) 9 Margaux Duces (Stade Rennais Rugby) (Bordes) 8 Teani Feleu (Oneleki RC – FC Grenoble) 7 Léa Champon (FC Grenoble) 6 Cyrielle Augé (AS Bayonne) 5 Emma Poulat (FC Grenoble) 4 Julia Grosz (AS Bayonne) 3 Zelie Reulet (Stade Toulousain) 2 Élisa Riffonneau (Stade Rennais Rugby) 1 Ambre Mwayembe (FC Grenoble) (Nicole) “I hope that we can have an U20 Six Nations tournament one day because these players are the future."įrance U20: 15 Lilou Graciet (AS Bayonne) 14 Margaux Dufros (Stade Rennais Rugby) 13 Louise Lavabre (Stade Bordelais) 12 Marie Dupouy (Blagnac Rugby Féminin) 11 Zoé Tixier (ASM Romagnat) 10 10. “The girls benefit from playing these two high-level matches and also through the work of the clubs and the FFR “Pôle Espoirs” rugby academy. “The "bluettes" were able to battle to the end to get this second consecutive victory, in weather conditions that combined rain, snow and sunshine. "The Englishwomen were waiting for us after our victory last week in France in a very close match”, Suné said after the second test. We had a very good game with a lot of good spirit in the battle”.įrance won the first test comfortably, five tries to two, but the return in Henley was far closer, England outscoring France by five tries to four, but France winning the day thanks to the boot of Morgane Bourgeois who converted three out of four French tries, and two penalties. ![]() Our opponents had already played the previous week against Scotland. “"After two years without competition for the U20s, we were going a little into the unknown. ![]() “It was a great moment for the players with a lot of emotions at the beginning of the game", she said after the first game in Evreeux. After a three-year COVID break U20 rugby has returned, but little has changed with France again beating England in two test series, winning 35-14 at Evreux in France a week ago, and 32-27 at Henley last weekend.įrance have now won 18 of the 21 U20 “tests” played between the two countries since 2010, including five in a row since the last win by England in 2018.įrench U20 Manager Caroline Suné was delighted to be able to play again. ![]()
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