Carla Neisen

Carla Neisen
Born (1996-03-08) 8 March 1996
Bugue, Dordogne,
Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Rugby union career
Position Center
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013– Blagnac SCR
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012–  France 23 (5)
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2014–  France
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  France
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Bronze medal – third place2022 Cape TownTeam competition

Carla Neisen (born 8 March 1996) is a French rugby union player. She plays for Blagnac SCR and for the France women's national rugby union team.

Rugby career

Neisen plays as a center for the Blagnac women's rugby club[1][2] and for the France women's national rugby union team since 2012.[3]

Neisen competed at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics,[4] where the team won a silver medal.[5][6] She also played at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens and won a bronze medal.[7][8]

She represented France at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[9][10]

On 2 August 2025, she was selected in the French XVs side to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.[11][12]

Family

She is the younger sister of Anderson Neisen, and the cousin of rugby player Enzo Hervé.[13]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "France name squad for Autumn Internationals". Six Nations Rugby. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Rugby. Carla Neisen, médaillée aux JO de Tokyo : l'argent et le bonheur". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Fédération Française de Rugby - Carla Neisen". Fédération Française de Rugby (in French). Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Carla NEISEN". Olympics.com. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Rugby Sevens Women Gold Medal Match". Tokyo 2020 Olympics | NHK. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Les Bleues impuissantes en finale face à la Nouvelle-Zélande aux JO de Tokyo". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  7. ↑ world.rugby. "Carla Neisen - Player Stats | Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". www.rwcsevens.com. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Coupe du monde Rugby à 7 : Des Bleues bronzées !". Fédération Française de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Dupont's Olympic selection confirmed as French rugby federation announces squads for Paris Games". AP News. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "France - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "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 2 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "France declares squad for women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  13. ↑ France, Centre (24 July 2019). "Rugby - Trois choses à savoir sur Anderson Neisen, l'ouvreur d'Aurillac". www.lamontagne.fr. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "Décret du 8 septembre 2021 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national du Mérite". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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