Marie Morland
| Born | 5 October 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marie Morland (born 5 October 2005) is a French rugby union player. She competed for France at the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Rugby career
Morland is from Chalon-sur-Saône, and started playing rugby union at Rugby Tango Chalonnais before joining the Dijon Bourgogne women's rugby club and then Lyon OU in 2023. Her older brother Louis Morland is also a rugby player.
In April 2024, she was called up to the French Under-20 team for the U20s Six Nations Summer Series. She scored a try in her sides 57–12 thrashing of Wales in the opening game.[1] Later that year in December, she was also nominated for the rising star award of French women's rugby.[2][3]
In January 2025, Morland was called up to participate in a training camp organized in Spain.[2][4] In August, she was uncapped when she was named in the French side to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.[5] She started in her international debut during the World Cup on 31 August, she scored a try in her sides 84–5 annihilation of Brazil.[6][7]
References
- ^ "France run riot against Wales in U20s Six Nations Summer Series". BBC Sport. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ a b Sowden, Patrick (3 August 2025). "La liste des 32 Bleues pour la Coupe du monde : Marie Morland". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ "Etoiles du Rugby Féminin : Les nommées !". Raffut (in French). 27 November 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ "Rugby féminin - Coupe du monde. Marie Morland et les deux sœurs Feleu retenues pour la préparation à la Coupe du monde". www.lejsl.com (in French). 3 June 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ "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 27 August 2025.
- ^ Dufy, Guillaume (1 September 2025). "« Elle pourrait être la surprise de la compétition » : Marie Morland, benjamine et atout atypique des Bleues". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ^ Nougaillon, Thomas (14 September 2025). "Marie Morland, Manae Feleu et sa sœur Teani ces trois Bourguignonnes qui brillent avec l'équipe de France de rugby - ici". ici, le média de la vie locale (in French). Retrieved 30 September 2025.