Laure Sansus
Date of birth (1994-06-21) 21 June 1994
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrumhalf
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2022 Toulouse (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–2022  France 30 (0)

Laure Bourdon Sansus (née Sansus, born 21 June 1994) is a former French rugby union player.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Originally from Toutens, she attended the rugby school of Labastide-Beauvoir. She then joined the Saint-Orens rugby féminin before being recruited l'Avenir Fonsorbais rugby féminin (which later became Stade toulousain).[5]

On 6 February 2016, in Bourg-en-Bresse, she made her international debut for France in a 39-0 victory over Italy.[6][7]

Sansus paused her career during the 2017-18 season, before returning to play with Stade toulousain for the 2018-19 season. That season, she made her first appearance in the French women's rugby championship, as Stade toulousain lost 22-13 to Stade Maurice-Trélut. She was nominated for the 2021 World Rugby Player of the Year.[8]

She was named the Best Player of the 2022 women's Six Nations, leading the competition in tries.[9][10][11] On 15 May 2022, she announced she would be retiring at the end of the year.[12] She was named in France's team to the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[13][14]

Sansus suffered a serious knee injury in France's pool game against England. Following this, Sansus retired from rugby.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Toulouse. Laure Sansus : "Assez extraordinaire"". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  2. ↑ "Écosse-France : Laure Sansus, l'incontournable à la mêlée". Franceinfo (in French). 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  3. ↑ "Pour Sansus, Laure de gloire a sonné". L'Humanité (in French). 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  4. ↑ reporters, Stuff sports (2022-04-10). "French halfback Laure Sansus scores sensational try in Women's Six Nations win". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  5. ↑ Michel Vidal (2016-02-10). "Labastide-Beauvoir. Formée à l'ACLB, Laure a atteint l'équipe de France". La Dépêche du Midi. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  6. ↑ "Sansus : « Contre l'Irlande, ce sera une toute autre affaire »". lsports.fr. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  7. ↑ "Tournoi des 6 Nations: Le XV de France féminin fait bien mieux que les garçons contre l'Italie". 20minutes.fr/toulouse. February 7, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Laure Sansus: Ten things you should know about the France scrum-half". Rugby World. 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  9. ↑ Renou, Ewen (2022-03-25). "6 Nations féminin. XV de France: Laure Sansus, la belle vie en bleu". Ouest-france.fr. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  10. ↑ "France's Sansus wins Women's Six Nations award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  11. ↑ "Sansus is the fans' favourite". The Rugby Paper. 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  12. ↑ "Féminines - Laure Sansus annonce sa retraite à l'issue du Mondial 2022 !". Rugbyrama (in French). 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  13. ↑ Shepard, Kit (2022-10-15). "France Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – France 7-13 England". Rugby World. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  14. ↑ Eddison, Paul (2022-09-30). "World Cup Lowdown: France". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  15. ↑ "France's Sansus retires after World Cup injury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
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