Jean-Louis Bérot (born 28 July 1947) is a French former
rugby union
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international.
Biography
Early life
Bérot hails from the town of
Dax
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and was a product of hometown club
US Dax
Union sportive dacquoise, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Nationale, the third level of the French league system.
They were founded in 1904. They play at Stade Maurice Boyau (capacity 16,170). They wear ...
.
Career
A
Stade Toulousain and US Dax fly-half, Bérot was capped 21 times for
France
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, debuting against the
All Blacks
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at Eden Park on the 1968 southern hemisphere tour. He also toured South Africa in 1971, then Australia once more the following year. In France's
1974 Five Nations match against Ireland, Bérot scored the match-winning penalty in injury time, a difficult kick from over 40 yards out on an angle to the right, but still lost his place for the next match and wasn't capped again.
See also
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List of France national rugby union players
List of France national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the France national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.
Note that the "position" column lists the position at whic ...
References
External links
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1947 births
Living people
French rugby union players
France international rugby union players
Rugby union fly-halves
People from Dax, Landes
Rugby union players from Landes (department)
Stade Toulousain players
US Dax players