Clément Castets (born 5 May 1996) 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

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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

Stade Français Stade Français Paris Rugby () is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era. The ...

Club career

On 26 August 2017, Clément Castets played his first game for

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

. Next seasons, he won the 2018–19 Top 14 and the 2020–21 Top 14 as well as the 2020–21 Champions Cup. On 10 May 2021, he chose to leave his first professional club and signed with

. He joined the French capital side at the end of the

2020–21 Top 14 season The 2020–21 Top 14 competition is the 122nd France, French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the National Rugby League (France), Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). After play was suspended following the 17th matchday of the 2019–2 ...

International career

On 17 October 2022, Castets was first called by

Fabien Galthié Fabien Galthié (; born 20 March 1969) is a French rugby union coach and former player, he is currently the head coach of the French national team. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played much of his club rugby for Colomiers, and later ...

to the France national team for the

Autumn internationals The autumn internationals, November internationals, end-of-year tests, and spring internationals/tour for Australia and New Zealand, are men's rugby union Test matches that are contested around November each year. It is organised by World Rugby. Te ...

Honours

; Toulouse * 1×

European Rugby Champions Cup The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Heineken Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the top-tier competition for clubs who compete in a pre ...

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* 2×

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References

External links

Stade Français

EPCR

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* 1996 births Rugby union players from Toulouse Living people French rugby union players Rugby union props Stade Toulousain players Stade Français Paris players {{France-rugbyunion-bio-stub