Manaé Feleu Explained

Birth Date:3 February 2000
Birth Place:Mâcon
Relatives:Teani Feleu (sister)
Height:1.79m
Weight:81kg
Ru Position:Lock
Clubs1:FC Grenoble Amazones
Points1:0
Repyears1:2020–Present
Repcaps1:3
Reppoints1:0

Manaé Feleu (born 3 February 2000) is a French rugby union player who plays for FC Grenoble Amazones and the France women's national rugby union team.[1]

Personal life

Born in Mâcon,[2] she grew up on the Futuna Islands, to Valerie and Nisie, she has three siblings: Niue, Teani Feleu, and Asia. Her parents were the only physical education teachers on her island and they introduced rugby into the school and set up clubs to play matches. From the age of 14 she studied in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand for three years at Woodford House.[3]

Feleu moved to Grenoble with her sister Teani in 2020 to study medicine.[4] She combines training to become a surgeon with rugby training.[5] [6]

Career

Feleu made her international debut for France against England in Grenoble on 14 November 2020 before being selected again a year later.[7] She was named in France's team for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[8] [9] She featured in the games against South Africa and Fiji at the World Cup.[10] [11]

Feleu was named in France's squad for the 2023 Women's Six Nations Championship.[12] [13]

She was named as French captain for the 2024 Women's Six Nations Championship.[14] She scored her first try for France during that championship against Wales.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-11-02 . French player thrilled to face schoolmate, now Black Fern in WC semis . 2022-11-10 . 1 News . en.
  2. Web site: Ramsay. Hodgson. Sisters who grew up on tiny Pacific island aiming to deliver France’s first Grand Slam since 2018 . The Daily Telegraph . 25 April 2024.
  3. Web site: 2016-04-14 . Top student started with little English . 2022-11-10 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  4. Web site: 2022-11-03 . Sport news in brief for November 3 . 2022-11-10 . RNZ . en-nz.
  5. Web site: The double ascent of Manaé Feleu. gre-mag.fr.
  6. Web site: Maanae Feleu, la plus néo-zélandaise des Bleues. francebleu.fr.
  7. Web site: Manaé Feleu recalled to Les Bleues. ledauphine.com.
  8. Web site: Shepard . Kit . 2022-10-15 . France Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – France 7-13 England . 2022-10-15 . Rugby World . en-US.
  9. Web site: Eddison . Paul . 2022-09-30 . World Cup Lowdown: France . 2022-10-15 . TikTok Women’s Six Nations . en-GB.
  10. Web site: 2022-10-22 . France end Fiji's World Cup hopes, remain on track for NZ semi . 2022-11-10 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  11. Web site: Biudole . Noa . 2022-10-22 . France proves too strong for Fijiana . 2022-11-10 . fijilive.com.
  12. Web site: Eddison . Paul . 2023-03-07 . France name squad for TikTok Women's Six Nations . 2023-04-23 . TikTok Women’s Six Nations . en-GB.
  13. Web site: Rendell . Sarah . 2023-04-27 . France Women's Six Nations Squad – Team to face England . 2023-04-28 . Rugby World . en-US.
  14. Web site: Two Polynesian-Burgundy sisters, who play together at club level, could well line up together for the first time in a Test match this year.. Sixnationsrugby. 24 April 2024. 12 March 2024.
  15. Web site: Ramsay. Hodgson. Sisters who grew up on tiny Pacific island aiming to deliver France’s first Grand Slam since 2018 . The Daily Telegraph . 25 April 2024.

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