Alain Lorieux (born March 26, 1956) is a retired French international

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 its m ...

player. He played as a lock. Lorieux played for FC Aix les Bains from 1978/79 to 1984/85,

FC Grenoble The Football Club de Grenoble Rugby (FCG) is a French rugby union club based in Grenoble and founded in 1892. FCG was champion of France in 1954 and runner-up in 1918 and in 1993 during a controversial final, being deprived of the title of cham ...

from 1985/86 to 1988/89, and RC Seyssens in 1989/90. Lorieux had 31 caps for

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, from 1981 to 1989, scoring 3 tries, 12 points on aggregate. He earned his first cap on 5 July 1981 against Australia in a 17-15 loss at Brisbane. He played 5 times at the

Five Nations Championship The Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international men's rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The current champions ar ...

, in 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988 and 1989, being a winner in 1988, ex-aequo with Wales, and 1989. Lorieux was called for the

1987 Rugby World Cup The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. It was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia – New Zealand hosted 21 matches (17 pool stage matches, two quarter-finals, the third-place play-off and the final) while Australia hosted 11 ...

, where France was runner-up to New Zealand. He played in 5 games, scoring 2 tries, 8 points on aggregate.Alain Lorieux International Statistics
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* http://www.espnscrum.com/france/rugby/player/9172.html 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from La Tronche Rugby union players from Isère French rugby union players France international rugby union players Rugby union locks FC Grenoble Rugby players 1987 Rugby World Cup players {{France-rugbyunion-bio-stub