Benoît Dauga (8 May 1942 – 3 November 2022)
Benoît Dauga, ancien capitaine de l'équipe de France, est mort
was a French 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 it ...
footballer. He played as a lock and as number eight.
Dauga played for Stade Montois
Stade Montois is a French rugby union team that currently is playing in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.
They were founded in 1908 and play in yellow and black. They are based in Mont-de-Marsan, the capit ...
. He had 63 caps for the France national team, from 1964 to 1972, scoring 11 tries, 34 points on aggregate. He captained France on nine occasions. He was a part of the French team that won a Grand Slam in the Five Nations in 1968, as well as the championship wins in 1967 and 1970.
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Benoît Dauga
on FFR.fr
on scrum.com
1942 births
2022 deaths
French rugby union players
Rugby union locks
Stade Montois players
France international rugby union players
Sportspeople from Landes (department)
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
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