Léon Loppy (born 19 April 1966) is a French former
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 ...
international.
Loppy was born in
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ...
and raised in
La Seyne
La Seyne-sur-Mer (; "La Seyne on Sea"; oc, La Sanha), or simply La Seyne, is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 62,888. La Seyne-sur-Mer, which is pa ...
from the age of four.
A flanker, Loppy won a
French championship
The French rugby league championship (french: Le Championnat de France de Rugby à XIII) has been the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional and professional clubs in France since the sport was introduced to the country in the 1930s.
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while with
RC Toulon
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in 1992. The following year, he was capped for
France
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in a 51–0 win over Romania at Brive la Gaillarde, scoring one of his side's six tries. He spent the rest of his career at
Castres Olympique
Castres Olympique () is a French rugby union club located in the Occitanian city of Castres and is currently competing in the top level of the French league system.
Founded in 1898, the club took its current name in 1906. They play at the Sta ...
,
CA Bègles-Bordeaux and
Pays d’Aix, before retiring from French rugby in 2005.
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 which ...
References
External links
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1966 births
Living people
French rugby union players
France international rugby union players
Senegalese emigrants to France
Rugby union flankers
Sportspeople from Var (department)
Rugby union players from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
People from La Seyne-sur-Mer
RC Toulon players
Castres Olympique players
Union Bordeaux Bègles players
Provence Rugby players