France national wheelchair rugby league team

France

Team information
Governing body	French Rugby League Federation
Region	Europe
IRL ranking	2 (19 December 2024) [1]
Team results
World Cup
Appearances	4 (first time in 2008 )
Best result	Winners (2013, 2017)

The France national wheelchair rugby league team represents France in wheelchair rugby league. The team have played in all four World Cup tournaments, finishing third in the inaugural competition in 2008 tournament before finishing as champions in both 2013 and 2017. They finished as runners-up in 2021 and also finished runners-up in the 2015 European Rugby League Championship.

Current squad

Squad selected for November 2024 fixtures against   Ireland and   England. ^[2]

• Lionel Alazard (Montauban)
• Pierre Botte (Aingirak Euskadi)
• Jérémy Bourson (Catalans Dragons)
• Thomas Candela (RFC Toulon)
• Gilles Clausells (Catalans Dragons)
• Nicolas Clausells (Catalans Dragons)
• Damien Dore (Catalans Dragons)
• Guillaume Dubruel (Stade Toulousain Olympique)
• Thomas Duhalde (Aingirak Euskadi)
• Jorge Gelade Panzo (Catalans Dragons)
• Florian Guttadoro (SO Avignon)
• Jonathan Hivernat (Catalans Dragons)
• Leo Hivernat (Catalans Dragons)
• Lisa Lartigue (RFC Toulon)
• Julien Pennella (Aingirak Euskadi
• Victor Puly (Catalans Dragons)
• Arno Vargas (Catalans Dragons)
• Adrien Zittel (SO Avignon)

Competitive record

World Cup Record
Year	Finish
2008	Third Place
2013	Champions
2017	Champions
2021	Runners-up

Results

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition	Venue	Attendance	Ref.
3 June 2006	Great Britain	20–6	Friendly	CREPS Centre, Bourges		[3]
2007	England	?–?	Friendly	Harrow, London		[4]
7 November 2008	Barbarians [a]	108–0	2008 Rugby League World Cup Group Stage	Sydney Academy of Sport, Narrabeen		[6]
10 November 2008	Australia	44–14		Mount Druitt, Sydney
12 November 2008	England	18–26		Sydney Academy of Sport, Narrabeen
14 November 2008	Australia	20–22	2008 Rugby League World Cup Semi Final	Whitlam Centre, Sydney
17 November 2008	Barbarians [a]	52–0	2008 Rugby League World Cup 3rd/4th play-off	Mount Druitt, Sydney
28 August 2009	England	38–36	Friendly	Brunel University, London		[7] [8]
16 October 2010	England	44–34	Friendly	Cahors	1,060	[9]
8 October 2011	England	32–34	Friendly	Leigh Sports Village, Leigh		[10]
27 August 2012	England	43–22	Friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy	Medway Park, Gillingham	700	[11] [12]
3 July 2013	England	28–20	2013 Rugby League World Cup Group Stage	Medway Park, Gillingham		[13] [14]
6 July 2013	Scotland	154–2				[13]
9 July 2013	Australia	72–6				[13]
11 July 2013	Wales	71–30	2013 Rugby League World Cup Semi Final			[13] [15]
13 July 2013	England	42–40	2013 Rugby League World Cup Final			[16]
9 May 2014	England	64–46	Friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy	Kindarena, Rouen	2,700	[17] [18]
23 September 2015	England	26–56	Friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy	Medway Park, Gillingham		[19]
24 September 2015	England	26–24	2015 Rugby League European Championship Group Stage	Medway Park, Gillingham
25 September 2015	Wales	52–5
25 September 2015	Ireland	100–8
25 September 2015	Scotland	88–6
26 September 2015	England	24–28	2015 Rugby League European Championship Final			[20]
18 July 2017	Australia	70–16	Friendly	Gymnase L'Olympie, Limoux		[21]
20 July 2017	England	71–31	2017 Rugby League World Cup Group Stage	Halle aux Sport, Carcassonne		[13]
22 July 2017	Australia	102–22		Complexe La Rijole, Pamiers		[13]
24 July 2017	Wales	118–10		Gymnase du Lac, Saint-Jory		[13]
25 July 2017	Italy	98–6	2017 Rugby League World Cup Semi Final	Gymnase Compans Cafferlli, Toulouse		[13]
28 July 2017	England	38–34	2017 Rugby League World Cup Final	Parc des Expositions, Perpignan		[13]
21 June 2019	England	25–31	Two match series friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy	Gymnase M. Guigou, Apt		[22] [23]
23 June 2019	England	50–46		Palais des Sports de Toulon		[24]
10 November 2021	England	49–24	Two match series friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy [25]	Medway Park, Gillingham		[26]
13 November 2021	England	39–26				[27]
19 June 2022	England	48–62	Friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy	National Basketball Centre, Manchester		[28]
3 September 2022	Spain	108–4	Friendly	Fitou		[29]
4 November 2022	Wales	104–6	2021 Rugby League World Cup Group Stage	English Institute of Sport, Sheffield	1,129	[30]
7 November 2022	Scotland	80–15			1,200	[31]
10 November 2022	United States	116–6			1,129	[32]
13 November 2022	Australia	84–40	2021 Rugby League World Cup Semi Final	English Institute of Sport, Sheffield	1,318	[33]
18 November 2022	England	24–28	2021 Rugby League World Cup final	Manchester Central, Manchester	4,526	[34]
5 November 2023	England	43–34	Two match series friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy [35]	Leeds Arena, Leeds	2,373	[36]
25 November 2023	England	18–34		Palais des Sports, Marseille		[37]
26 October 2024	England	33–66	Friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy	Robin Park Arena, Wigan		[38]
21 November 2024	Ireland	62–20	Friendly	CREPS des Pays de Loire, Nantes		[39]
23 November 2024	England	32–28	Friendly: Fassolette-Kielty Trophy	Saint-Lô	~2,000	[40]

Records and statistics

IRL Wheelchair World Rankings v t e
Official rankings as of December 2024
Rank	Change	Team	Pts %
1		England	100
2		France	96
3	1	Ireland	55
4	1	Australia	52
5		Wales	47
6		Scotland	38
7	1	Spain	27
8	1	United States	25
9		New Zealand	5
10	1	Italy	0
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT

Honours

• World Cup (2): (2013, 2017)
• Fassolette-Kielty Trophy : 7 Titles

See also

• Sports portal

• Rugby league in France
• France men's national rugby league team
• France women's national rugby league team
• Fassolette-Kielty Trophy
• French Rugby League Federation

Notes

1. The Barbarians/Pacific Islands were a replacement team due to New Zealand withdrawing from the 2008 World Cup ^[5]

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