Yann Delaigue
Yann Delaigue (born April 5, 1973 in Vienne, Isère) is a retired French international rugby union player.[1]
| Birth name | Yann Delaigue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 April 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Vienne, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A highly talented player, nicknamed « Little Mozart », he played the first two matches of the 1995 Rugby World Cup. In 2001 he was part of the French Barbarians against Fiji.
In 2003, he won the Heineken Cup for Toulouse, scoring five penalties and a conversion.[2]
He earned his first cap with the French national team on 19 March 1994 against Scotland in a Five Nations Championship match that ended in a 20-12 victory.[3]
References
- Yann Delaigue player profile ESPN Scrum.com
- "Toulouse regain European crown". BBC. 24 May 2003. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- "Yann Delaigue". Sporting Heroes.net. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
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