Marie Morland

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Marie Morland
Date of birth (2005-10-05) 5 October 2005 (age 19)
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose Forward
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2023– Lyon OU (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2024 France U-20 (5)

Marie Morland (born 5 October 2005) is a French rugby union player.

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] [6]

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. "France declares squad for women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.