Charlotte Escudero

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Charlotte Escudero
Charlotte Escudero.jpg
Date of birth (2000-12-26) 26 December 2000 (age 24)
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2023– Stade Toulousain (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022–Flag of France.svg  France 21 (0)

Charlotte Escudero (born 26 December 2000) is a French rugby union player who plays for Stade Toulousain and the France women's national rugby union team. She competed at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup.

Career

Escudero who joined Blagnac at the age of 18, had been called up to the French squad ahead of the 2022 Women's Six Nations Championship but had to pull out with injury, however she remained in the French coaches thoughts and was called up again on her return. [1] She made her France debut in September 2022 against Italy. [2] She was named in France's team for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [3] [4] She started the World Cup quarter-final against Italy that France won to clinch a semi final berth. [5]

She played in the 2025 Women's Six Nations Championship, having been named in the national side on 7 March. [6] In August, she was selected in the French side to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England. [7] [8]

References

  1. "Charlotte Escudero (XV de France Féminin) : "Il y a un an, je n'aurais pas cru jouer la Coupe du monde"". actu.fr. 6 October 2022.
  2. "Bleues: Chloé Jacquet in the center, Charlotte Escudero in the third row against Italy". lequipe.fr.
  3. Shepard, Kit (15 October 2022). "France Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – France 7-13 England". Rugby World. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  4. Eddison, Paul (30 September 2022). "World Cup Lowdown: France". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  5. "Charlotte Escudero in n°8, Émilie Boulard at the back of the French team against Italy". lequipe.fr.
  6. "XV de France féminin : Le groupe pour le Tournoi des Six Nations 2025" [France Women's XV: The group for the 2025 Six Nations Tournament]. French Rugby Federation (in French). 7 March 2025. Archived from the original on 7 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  7. "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.
  8. "France declares squad for women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.