Alain Macabiau (born 15 May 1966) is a French former
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 ...
international.
Macabiau was born in
Perpignan
Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...
, Pyrénées-Orientales.
A scrum-half, Macabiau was capped twice for
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
in 1994, while playing with
USA Perpignan
Union Sportive Arlequins Perpignanais, also referred to as USA Perpignan or Perpignan, is a French professional rugby union club founded in 1933 and based in Perpignan, in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. They compete in the Top 14, Franc ...
. His debut came in a
Five Nations match against Scotland at Murrayfield, an occasion marred by the death of his mother several days prior. He gained his second cap against Canada in Ottawa and was also on France's
1994 tour of New Zealand.
See also
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List of France national rugby union players
List of France national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the France national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.
Note that the "position" column lists the position at which ...
References
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1966 births
Living people
French rugby union players
France international rugby union players
Rugby union players from Perpignan
Rugby union scrum-halves
USA Perpignan players