Mathieu Barrau (born 3 September 1977 in

Beaumont-de-Lomagne Beaumont-de-Lomagne (; Languedocien: ''Bèumont de Lomanha'') is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Geography The river Gimone runs through the town. History Beaumont-de-Lomagne, bastide, was ...

, France is a French international

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scrum half principally for

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. Barrau made his international début for

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in July 2004, against

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, but would have to fight with

Pierre Mignoni Pierre Mignoni (born 28 February 1977) is a retired French rugby union footballer who is currently the Director of Rugby for Toulon. He has also played for the France national team. Mignoni's first club was Toulon, playing with them from 1996� ...

Dimitri Yachvili Dimitri Yachvili Markarian (born 19 September 1980, in Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze) is a French former rugby union footballer who played as a scrum-half for Biarritz and France. He played for France from 2002 to 2012, earning 61 caps and scori ...

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but mostly

Jean-Baptiste Élissalde Jean-Baptiste Élissalde (born 23 November 1977) is a former French rugby union player, playing either as a scrum-half or as a fly-half, and current defense coach for Montpellier in the Top 14. Biography Early life Born on 23 November 1977 in ...

for the France number 9 shirt. .

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