Patrick Estève (born

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, 14 February 1959) is a former French rugby union player and a current coach. He played as wing. He was nicknamed ''TGV''. He first played at Carcassonne, which he joined in 1964, aged only 5 years old, and would join the first team in 1975. He joined Stade Lavelanétien for the season of 1979/80. He had his most successful years at

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, where he played from 1980/81 to 1986/87. He won the

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in 1984. After leaving RC Narbonne, he played for Castelnaudary in the minor leagues. He had 25 caps for

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, from 1982 to 1987, scoring 12 tries, 48 points on aggregate. He played at the

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in 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986. He had 14 caps, scoring 8 tries, 32 points on aggregate. He was the top try scorer at the

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, scoring 5 tries, including one in each game. He was called for the

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, playing in two games and scoring a try.Patrick Estève International Statistics
/ref> After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He was president and coach of Stade Lavelanétien from 1997 to 1999.

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