Lina Tuy

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Lina Tuy
Date of birth (2004-09-10) 10 September 2004 (age 20)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2023– ASM Romagnat (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2024– France 9 (4)

Lina Tuy (born 10 September 2004) is a French rugby union and sevens player.

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Early life and career

Tuy is from Aixe-sur-Vienne, where she started playing rugby union in 2013. [1] She previously played for USA Limoges and CA Brive's youth teams. [2] She then joined ASM Romagnat in 2022. [3]

Alongside her sporting career, in 2024 she was studying for a Bachelor of Technical Studies degree in Business and Administration Management at the University of Clermont-Auvergne. [2]

Rugby career

Tuy joined the French Rugby Federation's Olympic Academy and was part of a group of 35 players preparing for the inaugural 2023 WXV tournament with the French team. [4]

In March 2024, she was simultaneously selected to join the French fifteens side for the 2024 Six Nations tournament, and the sevens team in preparation for the Olympics. [1] In the opening match of the Six Nations tournament she came off the bench and made her international debut against Ireland, she replaced Lina Queyroi.

In September 2024, she got her first start for the side against England at Twickenham, France lost 38–19 in the warmup match before the WXV tournament.

On 2 August 2025, she was named in the French squad to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England. [5] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "ASM Romagnat : Lina Tuy et Mouna Touré sélectionnées dans les groupes France de rugby à XV et à 7". 7 Jours à Clermont (in French). 8 March 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 "INTERVIEW DE LINA TUY". asm-romagnat-rugby-feminin.ffr.fr (in French). 30 May 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  3. ""C'est l'avenir de l'équipe de France", Ribeyrolles présente Tuy". rugbyrama.fr (in French). 23 March 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  4. Chailloux, Mickaël (21 December 2023). "Rugby - Quatre joueuses originaires du Limousin sélectionnées pour le stage de janvier en vue des 6 nations". www.francebleu.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  5. "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.
  6. "France declares squad for women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.