Emilie Boulard
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Emilie Boulard (born 23 August, 1999) is a French rugby union player who plays for the France women's national rugby union team as a full-back. She won the International Rugby Players Women’s Try of the Year at the 2021 World Rugby Awards.
Career
Boulard began her club rugby aged 18 playing for RC Chilly-Mazarin. She won her first senior cap in April 2021 against Wales in the Women's Six Nations Championship. In doing so she became the first Chilly-Mazarin player ever to be selected to play for France. She subsequently won the International Rugby Players Women’s Try of the Year at the 2021 World Rugby Awards, for a try she scored in her debut game against Wales.[1] In September 2022 She was one of three players nominated for the award for the best French international for the 2021-2022 season, with the award ultimately going to Laure Sansus.[2] It was also announced Boulard would be joining Blagnac SCR for the following season.[3]
She was named in France's team for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[4][5] Emilie Boulard started as France became the first team to reach the semi-finals with a 39-3 win over Italy.[6]
References
- ^ "Who is Emilie Boulard: Ten things you should know about the France full-back". rugby world.
- ^ "Nuit du Rugby : Laure Sansus élue meilleure internationale française à XV". quinzemondial.com.
- ^ "XV de France féminin - Emilie Boulard : "Très satisfaite de faire partie de ce groupe"". rugbyrama.fr.
- ^ Shepard, Kit (2022-10-15). "France Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – France 7-13 England". Rugby World. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ Eddison, Paul (2022-09-30). "World Cup Lowdown: France". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "France turn on style in the second half to progress to last four". world.rugby.
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