Baptiste Amédée Couilloud (born 22 July 1997) is a French professional
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 who plays as a
scrum-half for
Top 14
The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the French National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism o ...
club
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
and the
France national team.
Professional career
Couilloud was called up to the French national team for the first time ahead of France's second
2018 Six Nations Championship
The 2018 Six Nations Championship (known as the Natwest 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th Six Nations Championship, the annual international rugby union tournament for the six major European rugby union nations.
The championship wa ...
match against Scotland as a replacement for
Antoine Dupont
Antoine Dupont (born 15 November 1996) is a French professional rugby union player. He currently plays at scrum half for Toulouse in the Top 14 and captains the France national team. In 2021, Dupont won World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year.
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who was injured in the first match against Ireland. He made his debut two weeks later against Italy coming on for
Maxime Machenaud in the 70th minute of an eventual 34–17 home victory.
France-Italie 34–17
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Career statistics
List of international tries
References
External links
France profile
at FFR
Lyon OU profile
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1997 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Lyon
Rugby union players from Lyon Metropolis
French rugby union players
France international rugby union players
Rugby union scrum-halves
Lyon OU Rugby players
2023 Rugby World Cup players
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