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François Moncla (; 1 April 1932 – 28 November 2021) was a French Rugby : François Moncla, légende du XV de France et de la Section Paloise, est mort
1932 births 2021 deaths French rugby union players Rugby union flankers France international rugby union players Racing 92 players Section Paloise players Sportspeople from Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{France-rugbyunion-bio-stub
François Moncla (; 1 April 1932 – 28 November 2021) was a French rugby union
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footballer who played flanker. He won 31 caps
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for France
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between 1956 and 1961, including 18 as captain.
He was part of the France team that won the Five Nations Championship
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in 1959, 1960 and 1961 and that toured South-Africa in 1958, Argentina in 1960 and New-Zealand in 1961.
He won the national championship twice, in 1959 with Racing Club de France
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and in 1964 with Section Paloise
Section Paloise (, Bearnese: ), commonly referred to as ''Section'' or as ''Pau'' , is a professional rugby union club based in Pau, France. They compete in the Top 14, France's top division of rugby, and the EPCR Challenge Cup.
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Moncla worked all his life at EDF-GDF. He was married with 3 children and lived in Pau. Moncla died on 28 November 2021, at the age of 89.References
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1932 births 2021 deaths French rugby union players Rugby union flankers France international rugby union players Racing 92 players Section Paloise players Sportspeople from Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{France-rugbyunion-bio-stub