Marie Morland

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Marie Morland
Born (2005-10-05) 5 October 2005 (age 20)
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Rugby union career
Position Loose Forward
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2023– Lyon OU (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2024 France U-20 (5)
2025– France 2 (5)

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

  1. "France run riot against Wales in U20s Six Nations Summer Series". BBC Sport. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. "Etoiles du Rugby Féminin : Les nommées !". Raffut (in French). 27 November 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  4. "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.
  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 27 August 2025.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.