Richard Astre (born August 28, 1948, in
Toulouse, France) is a retired
French
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international
rugby union player.
Astre played as a
Scrum-half for
AS Béziers which he won six
Top 14. In 1971 he was the youngest captain of
French rugby championship. He earned his first national cap on 12 November 1971 against the
Romania in
Béziers
Béziers (; oc, Besièrs) is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Every August Béziers hos ...
. He captained
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team () represents France in men's international rugby union and it is administered by the French Rugby Federation. They traditionally play in blue shirts emblazoned with the national emblem of a golden rooster ...
six times. But the coach
Jean Desclaux
Jean Desclaux (1922 – 24 March 2006) was a French rugby union player and coach who played for US Dax as flanker.
Born in 1922 in Dax, he played and coached club rugby for US Dax only; as a player he served the club from 1947 to 1959 and represe ...
preferred
Jacques Fouroux.
Honours
* Selected to represent France, 1971–1974
*
French rugby champion, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978 with AS Béziers
*
Challenge Yves du Manoir 1972, 1975 and 1977 with AS Béziers
* French championship finalist 1976 with AS Béziers
External links
Statistiques scrum.com
1948 births
French rugby union players
Living people
France international rugby union players
Rugby union scrum-halves
Rugby union players from Toulouse
AS Béziers Hérault players
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