Robert Paparemborde (5 July 1948 – 19 April 2001), was a French

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player. He was capped 55 times, 5 as captain, for the French national side. He was regarded as one of the greatest prop-forwards and was a member of the French team that won the

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in 1977 (

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), 1981(Grand Slam), and 1983. He also played for a

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on 9 August 1980 against in Buenos Aires, losing 36-22.Player list for World XV
/ref> He died of pancreatic cancer on 19 April 2001 in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.

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