Assia Khalfaoui

Assia Khalfaoui

Khalfaoui in 2022
Date of birth	(2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 (age 24)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2022–   France 14 (0)

Assia Khalfaoui (born 24 March 2001) is a French rugby union player. She plays for the France women's national rugby union team and Stade Bordelais as a prop forward.

Personal life

She was born in Pont-du-Casse in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. She signed for Stade Bordelais aged 18 after playing initially for SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne. ^[1]

Career

She made her international debut for France on 27 March 2022 in Grenoble, in a 39-6 French victory against Italy. ^{[2] [3]} She was named in France's team for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, which was delayed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^{[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

1. "Rugby - Six Nations Tournament: First cap to come for Lot-et-Garonnaise Assia Khalfaoui". ladepeche.fr.
2. "France-Italy: a Chambon-Drouin hinge to lead Les Bleues when they enter the Women's Six Nations Tournament". francetvinfo.fr. 25 March 2022.
3. "France 39-6 Italy". Lequipe.fr.
4. Shepard, Kit (15 October 2022). "France Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – France 7-13 England". Rugby World. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
5. Eddison, Paul (30 September 2022). "World Cup Lowdown: France". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
6. "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.
7. "France declares squad for women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.