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The 29-year-old scrum-half, the only French player to make World Rugby's 2024 team of the year, is serving a ban for criticising the officiating in the French domestic final, in which her Toulouse side lost to Stade Bordelais.

At Paris 2024, 66,000 watched the opening day of the women's rugby sevens at Stade de France.

This XV which started at Stade Andre et Guy Boniface in Mont-de-Marsan is likely to be very similar to the one which commences the World Cup campaign in 13 days' time against the United States at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland.

The Red Roses dominated in the maul throughout the match at Stade Guy Boniface, scoring their three first-half tries through forwards Morwenna Talling, Amy Cokayne and Maud Muir.

The show has broken ticket records at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London and Stade De France in Paris.