Taylor Gontineac (born 16 July 2000) is a French-born

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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 its m ...

rugby player who is the son of former Romania Rugby legend and former captain

Romeo Gontineac Romeo Ștefan Gontineac (born 18 December 1973 in Hlipiceni, Botoşani) is a Romanian rugby union coach and former player who played as a centre. He currently coaches Aurillac. Gontineac played for Universitatea Cluj (1993–96) in Romania, Sout ...

. He plays as a

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for professional

Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the French National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism o ...

club

ASM Clermont Auvergne Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne () is a French rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes that currently competes in Top 14, the top level of the French league system. Clermont are two times French ...

`s espoirs.

Club career

Taylor Gontineac started playing rugby in his hometown of Aurillac for local teams influenced by his father Romeo Gontineac. Then due to his success, Taylor scored a contract with

to play for their Espoirs team and in the future to play for the

side.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gontineac, Taylor 2000 births Living people People from Aurillac French people of Romanian descent French people of South African descent Romanian rugby union players Romania international rugby union players ASM Clermont Auvergne players Rugby union centres Sportspeople from Cantal Romanian people of South African descent