Patrick Torreilles is a French

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...

footballer who represented

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

at the 1995 World Cup.

Playing career

Torreilles played 19 tests for

between 1991 and 1997, including at the 1995 World Cup and the 1996 European Championship. In 1996, he played for

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...

in the

Super League The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...

competition.Torreilles secures draw for Paris
''The Independent'', 9 April 1996 He also played for France at the 1997

Super League World Nines The Super League World Nines (known as the ''Gatorade Super League World Nines'' due to sponsorship), was a pre-season rugby league nines tournament between national sides. Set up in the midst of the Super League war and created in opposition to t ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Torreilles, Patrick Living people French rugby league players France national rugby league team players 1969 births Rugby league hookers Place of birth missing (living people) Paris Saint-Germain Rugby League players