Jacques Gratton (born 29 November 1957) is a French former international

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. Born in

Lectoure Lectoure (; Gascon: ''Leitora'' ) is a commune in the Gers department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. It is located north of Auch, the capital of the department, south of Agen and approximately northwest of Toulouse. Geograph ...

, Gratton was a flanker and played his early senior rugby with

FC Auch Football Club Auch Gers is a French rugby union club based in Auch in Midi-Pyrénées most recently playing in the promotion-eligible pool of Fédérale 1. In recent years, they have mainly bounced between the first-level Top 14 and Pro D2. In a ...

. Gratton joined

SU Agen Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne (), commonly referred to as SU Agen, Agen () or SUALG, is a French professional rugby union club based in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne that competes in the Pro D2, France's second division of rugby. Founded in 1908, A ...

in 1981 and was a member of two Brennus Shield-winning sides during his time at the club, while gaining 10 caps with the France national team. He won his first cap against the

All Blacks The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987 ...

at Eden Park in 1984.

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* 1957 births Living people French rugby union players France international rugby union players FC Auch Gers players SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne players Rugby union flankers People from Lectoure Rugby union players from Gers {{France-rugbyunion-bio-stub

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