France national rugby sevens team

The France national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, and other international tournaments. France's best finish in the World Series has been finishing in seventh, which they accomplished twice in 2003–04 and 2005–06.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see France women's national rugby sevens team.
France
UnionFrench Rugby Federation
Coach(es)Jerome Daret
Captain(s)Terry Bouhraoua
Top scorerTerry Bouhraoua (1,173)
Most triesTerry Bouhraoua (131)
World Cup Sevens
Appearances6 (First in 1993)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1997, 2005, 2013)

World Rugby Sevens Series
World Series record
Position Times Seasons
1st–6th 0 —
7th 2 2003–04, 2005–06
8th 5 1999–00, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2018–19
9th 3 2001–02, 2011–12, 2012–13
10th 2 2010–11, 2013–14
11th 3 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
12th 1 2007–08
13th 4 2000–01, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2017–18
14th–16th 0 —

Tournament history

Summer Olympic Games
Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D Qualified
2016 Quarterfinals 7th6330 Won the 2015 Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series
2020
2024 Host
TotalQuarterfinals1/16330
Olympic Games History
2016 Pool stage France 31 – 14  AustraliaWin
Pool stage France 0 – 26  South AfricaLoss
Pool stage France 26 – 5  SpainWin
Quarter-final France 7 – 12  JapanLoss
5–8th place semi-final France 19 – 24  New ZealandLoss
7th–8th place playoff France 12 – 10  AustraliaWin

Rugby World Cup Sevens
World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
1993 Bowl Semi-Finalists 15th 6 2 4 0
1997 Quarterfinalsts 8th 5 4 1 0
2001 Bowl Quarterfinalsts 21st 6 2 4 0
2005 Quarterfinalists 5th 6 4 2 0
2009 Plate Quarterfinals 13th 4 2 2 0
2013 Quarterfinalists[1] 5th 4 2 1 1
2018 Quarterfinals8th4220
Total0 Titles6/63116141

Europe Grand Prix Series
Main article: Sevens Grand Prix Series

France has been successful in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series. They have won the tournament twice, in 2014 and 2015. They have also finished second on six occasions, most recently in 2016, and third once in 2012.

Grand Prix record
FinishTimesSeries
1st22014, 2015
2nd62003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016
3rd12012
4th32002, 2005, 2006
5th22004, 2011
DNP12008

Team

Current squad
For a complete list of players in the current World Series, see 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series squads § France.

Former squads
France team to the 2016 Summer Olympics

The following is the France roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Head coach: Frédéric Pomarel

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Events Points Union
1 FW Jonathan Laugel (1993-01-30)January 30, 1993 (aged 23) 40 95  Unattached
2 FW Manoël Dall'igna (1985-03-12)March 12, 1985 (aged 31) 50 255  Unattached
3 FW Damien Cler (1983-10-02)October 2, 1983 (aged 32) 10 65  Unattached
4 BK Terry Bouhraoua (c) (1987-08-26)August 26, 1987 (aged 28) 37 915  Unattached
5 BK Stephen Parez (1994-08-01)August 1, 1994 (aged 22) 24 273  Unattached
6 BK Steeve Barry (1991-04-18)April 18, 1991 (aged 25) 39 274 Stade Rochelais
7 BK Virimi Vakatawa (1992-05-01)May 1, 1992 (aged 24) 16 300  Unattached
8 FW Pierre-Gilles Lakafia (1987-03-12)March 12, 1987 (aged 29) 21 115  Unattached
9 BK Jérémy Aicardi (1988-11-26)November 26, 1988 (aged 27) 16 114  Unattached
10 BK Julien Candelon (1980-07-08)July 8, 1980 (aged 36) 35 546  Unattached
11 FW Sacha Valleau (1996-10-08)October 8, 1996 (aged 19) 10 42  Unattached
12 BK Vincent Inigo (1983-02-10)February 10, 1983 (aged 33) 29 109  Unattached

Player records

The following shows leading career France players based on performance in the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active.

Tries scored[3]
No. Player Tries
1 Terry Bouhraoua 131
2 Julien Candelon 114
3 Paul Albaladejo 86
4 Renaud Delmas 83
5 Stephen Parez 75

Honours

World Rugby Sevens Series

See also

References
  1. 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens
  2. "France 7s – Olympic Games Men's Sevens". World Rugby. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. World Rugby website, current as of 15 March 2020
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