Mohamed Haouas (born 9 March 1994) is a French

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player. His position is

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. He currently plays for the

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Hérault in the

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. Haouas was banned from playing for three weeks in 2020 after punching Scottish player

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during the

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. In February 2023 he became the first ever player to be sent off twice playing for the French international team. On Friday, February 4th, 2022, Haouas was sentenced for his role in a series of burglaries of tobacco merchants in France in 2014. He was handed an 18-month suspended prison sentence and fined the equivalent of £13,000.

Honours

International

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: 2022

Personal life

Haouas was born in France and is of Algerian descent.

References

External links

France profile
at FFR

Mohamed Haouas on "montpellier-rugby.com"
1994 births Living people French rugby union players France international rugby union players French sportspeople of Algerian descent Sportspeople from Le Havre Montpellier Hérault Rugby players Rugby union props {{France-rugbyunion-bio-stub