Sébastien Chabal (born 8 December 1977) is a French former

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player. He played number eight and

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for

Bourgoin Bourgoin-Jallieu (; frp, Brégon) is a commune in the Isère department in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in France. The city had 28,834 inhabitants in 2019 and lies 35 kilometres east-southeast of Lyon. It was formed by the merger of th ...

(1998–2004),

Sale Sharks Sale Sharks is a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. Originally founded in 1861 as Sale Football Club, now a distinct amateur club, they adopted the n ...

(2004–2009),

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(2009 – February 2012), and for the French national team. Chabal played professionally for 16 years and won the

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with Sale, and the 2007 Six Nations Championship with France. He also finished in fourth place at the

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. He earned his first international

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on 4 March 2000 against

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, and represented France in 62 games. He is known for his full beard, long hair and ferocious tackling, leading the French rugby fans to nickname him ''l'Homme des Cavernes'' (Caveman). With this look, he has a number of lucrative commercial contracts. He was one of the most popular sportsmen in France, so much that local journalists wrote about ''Chabalmania''.

Personal life

Born on 8 December 1977 in Valence,

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, Chabal grew up in

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in the Drôme department in southeast France. His modest family was originally from

Ardèche Ardèche (; oc, Ardecha; frp, Ardecha) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It is named after the river Ardèche and had a population of 328,278 as of 2019. His father worked in a garage and his mother worked in a jewellery store. Passionate about mechanical works, he attended a

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where he studied for and obtained a ''

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'' in mechanics. He then worked as a milling machine operator in a

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factory in

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. While working in Crest, he played rugby for the amateur club in Beauvallon. When he joined

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, he left his factory job and became a professional rugby union player. While playing for Bourgoin-Jallieu, he married Annick and became stepfather to her daughter who was born in 1994. In 2005, he welcomed the birth of his daughter Lily-Rose. Chabal is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of 54 famous athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by

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-based international organizatio
Peace and Sport
In 2019, Sébastien Chabal studied at EM Lyon Business School.

Playing career

Early years

Chabal first tried rugby at the age of nine, but gave it up after just two months. However, he again tried his hand at rugby when he was sixteen, by following two friends who played for the local club in Beauvallon. This time, he discovered a passion for the game, and the camaraderie that follows matches. He quickly made his way up, through the French league system. First with

who played in the

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, the fourth division of French rugby, and then with

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in 1998 who played in the

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. Here, he played as a flanker as his preferred position of number eight was taken by Pierre Raschi. With Bourgoin-Jallieu, Chabal played at the highest level of French domestic rugby, European club rugby and from here gained his first international cap for France. Moreover, at Bourgoin-Jallieu he played with the golden generation of players from the club's youth system such as Lionel Nallet,

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, Olivier Milloud,

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, and Benjamin Boyet. However, he did not win any trophies during this time although he played in the semi-final of the

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during the 2003–2004 season. He also played on the losing side in the

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final, the final of the

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in 1999, the final of the

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in 2003 and the final of the Challenge Sud-Radio in 2003. On 11 October 2002, during the group stages of the 2002–2003 Heineken Cup, Bourgoin, with Chabal, defeated

18–24 at

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, the home of Sale Sharks. During this match, Jason Robinson received a

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for the first time in his career following a tackle from Chabal. In the return match, Bourgoin again defeated Sale, but finished second in their group to

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as they had scored fewer tries. During the 2003–2004 Heineken Cup, Chabal and Bourgoin played against

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and

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in the group stage. On 6 December 2003, Bourgoin lost their first match at home against the Irish province 17–18. Chabal scored the only try of the encounter, but

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scored six penalty kicks. One week later, Bougoin suffered a heavy defeat away at the hands of Gloucester 49–13, with Chabal again scoring the only try for his team. Bourgoin lost against Gloucester at home, and lost five of six matches during their 2003–2004 European campaign, finishing third in their pool and were eliminated from the competition. On 25 January 2004, the head coach of Bourgoin,

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, was sacked after he applied for the position of head coach of the

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, left vacant following the departure of Steve Hansen. The ambitious plan for Bourgoin initiated by

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under the direction of Pierre Martinet and

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had ended.

English experience

Following the departure of Saint-André, and after six years wearing the blue jersey of Bourgoin, Chabal wanted to change his horizons and continue his professional development as a player at another club. He wished to join

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, but the club of the ''Ville Rose'' made no offer for his services. However, Saint-André, now sporting director at Sale Sharks, signed him on a two-year contract with the

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outfit. Although Chabal had played at flanker throughout his time at Bourgoin, Saint-André selected him at number eight in his first match for Sale. The 2004–2005 English Premiership marked the return of

to the country's top flight under the guidance of Saint-André. In their first two matches of the season, Sale, with Chabal, won against both

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and

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, the favourites for the title that year. The English club won the 2004–05

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beating Pau 27–3 in the final. This was the first title won by Chabal. The Sharks lost their 2004–05 domestic league semi-final 43–22 against the eventual victors

, despite a try from Chabal, but finished the season in third place, securing their place in the

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. By the end of the season, Chabal had made the position of Sharks No. 8 position his own. Chabal's second season with the English outfit brought more success. First, Sale reached the quarter-finals of the 2005–2006 Heineken Cup losing to

. Earlier in the group stages, Chabal was the victim of a gang tackle by

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and

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during Sale's group-deciding match against Munster at

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. Chabal had only just caught a Ronan O'Gara restart when he was hit hard and driven back into his teams 22. The tackle was to turn the match in Munster's favour and established something of a stigma for Chabal against the Irish province (as he would be hit hard a number times by Munster centre

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in a match during the 2008–2009 season again with a crowd-pleasing outcome). Nevertheless, back in the English league, Sale won the 2005–06 Guinness Premiership by beating London Wasps 22–12 in the semi-final before defeating Leicester Tigers 45–20 in the final. With his two-year contract now up, Chabal turned down an offer to join

and extended his contract with the Sharks for a further year. The 2006–2007 season was not as successful as 2005–2006. Sale finished sixth in the

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and were eliminated in the group stages of the

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. However, during the group stages of the Heineken Cup, Sale played against

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and during the match in

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, Chabal scored an interception try from

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, running 50 metres to the line. Following this performance, Chabal was selected for the French national side for the 2007 Six Nations Championship. The 2007–2008 season was met with more success than the 2006–07, with victories against some of the best teams in the domestic championship, but a home defeat to

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on the last day of the regular season confined Sale to finishing the season in fifth place. However, this guaranteed them a place in the 2008–09 Heineken Cup having played in the

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. During the quarter-final of the European Challenge Cup against

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, Chabal scored the first of six tries for the English side, but injured his knee. This injury forced him out of action for one month, during which Sale lost 36–14 to

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in the semi-finals. In December 2007, Chabal extended his contract with Sale for a further two years. For the 2008–2009 season, Saint-André started playing Chabal in the second row instead of his more usual position of No. 8 or flanker. During the group stages of the

, Sale were grouped with

and Clermont, losing against both and depriving Sale and Chabal from the final phases of the competition. In the domestic competition, Sale were on course for a place in the playoffs, but not for a European competition place. However, in the penultimate game of the regular season, Chabal scored an important try that gave Sale an important bonus point and a place in the European competition. Despite this, during the last day of the regular season, although Sale won their match, results elsewhere led to Sale missing out on the play-offs and terminating the season for Chabal. Philippe Saint-André had announced in December 2008 that he was to leave Sale Sharks at the end of the 2008–09 season with Kingsley Jones named as his successor. Chabal had already announced that he wished to return to play in France, his family had already left England in September 2008.

Return to France

After five years at Sale, Chabal officially signed a three-year contract with the French club Racing Métro 92 in April 2009. The French club were recently promoted to the

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in 2009 after winning the 2008–2009 Pro D2 with three rounds to spare. They also signed Lionel Nallet and the South African's

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and

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return to the top flight, claiming the sixth and final slot in the newly expanded Top 14 playoffs, where they narrowly lost in the first round at eventual champions Clermont. Racing's sixth-place finish also gave them a berth in the 2010–11 Heineken Cup. In September 2010, it was reported that Chabal is the highest-paid rugby player in the world, earning a reported €1 million per year. Shane Richardson, Chief Executive of the

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, an Australian

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club revealed the club had contacted Chabal's management to inquire about the possibility to switch codes, where he would play "a portion of his season with the club." The club were unsuccessful in their attempts to pursue Chabal. During the 2012–2013 and 2013–2014 seasons Chabal played for

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. He finished his playing career on a high in May 2014 by helping Lyon being promoted to the top division.

International career

Although Chabal is primarily a back-row player, former France coach

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frequently used him as a

. In a 2007 interview, Chabal said that Laporte called him just before the France squad was announced for the

and told him, "I really want to pick you but to play second row." Chabal accepted Laporte's offer. At France's loss to England in the semi-final of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Chabal was visibly distraught, as they failed to make it to the final. Chabal was not included in Les Bleus squad for the

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. He expressed a desire to continue to represent his country, and believed that omission from the June tour to

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would indicate that he was out of reckoning for France's 2011 World Cup preparations. On 9 June 2008 he was recalled to the France squad for their Australian tour. He was selected in the French squad for the 2008 Autumn internationals. He was called once again for the

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. In May 2011 Chabal was left out of France's provisional 32-man squad for the

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Other appearances

In February 2012, Chabal made an appearance with Balmain Rugby Union from

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for one game against Petersham Rugby Club at ANZ Stadium. The game featured as a curtain raiser to the Round 1 Super Rugby game between the

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and

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. Chabal's appearance created a media hype in both Australia and France. In the game, Chabal scored the last try for Balmain, winning 19–5. In January 2014, Chabal appeared in an advertising campaign for an online currency exchange company CurrencyFair as the "Currency Fairy". He is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of more than 90 famous elite created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization placed under the High Patronage of H.S.H Prince Albert II. This group of top-level champions, wishes to make sport a tool for dialogue and social cohesion.

References

External links

Sale profile

Sporting-Heroes (part 1)

Sporting-Heroes (part 2)

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