The France national under-18 rugby union team is the under-18 side of the
France national rugby union team in the sport of
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
.
History
Under-18 became a recognised age-grade in European rugby in 2004.
Forty years of age grade growth in Europe
IRB website, published: 16 April 2009, accessed: 2 May 2010
European Championship
The French Under-18 team has been competing in the European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship since 2004, when it was first held. In seven editions since, the team has won the final five times and played as the losing side in the other two, going out to England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
on both occasions.[2010 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship official website - History]
accessed: 1 May 2010
The French side beat Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
27-3 in the 2010 edition of the tournament, marking its fifth title and its fourth in a row.
Honours
* European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship
** Champions: 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015
** Runners-up: 2005, 2006, 2018
European championship
Results
France's recent results at the European Championship:
* French victories in bold.
Positions
The team's final positions in the European championship:
References
External links
*
Official website
of the Fédération Française de Rugby
The French Rugby Federation (french: Fédération Française de Rugby (''FFR'')) is the governing body for rugby union in France. It is responsible for the French national team and the Ligue nationale de rugby that administers the country's profe ...
FIRA-AER official website
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Under 18
European national under-18 rugby union teams