Wenceslas Lauret (born 28 March 1989) is a
rugby union
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footballer, who currently plays for
Racing 92
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in the
Top 14
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French league. His usual position is
flanker, but he can also play
Lock
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Career
Lauret first arose on the professional scene during the
2007–08 Top 14 season
The 2007-08 Top 14 Competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition, operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Because France hosted the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the competition did not begin at its normal time of August, but ins ...
for
Biarritz Olympique
Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (; ), usually known simply as Biarritz, is a French professional rugby union team based in the Basque city of Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine which competes in the Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. Biarritz p ...
. Although during this season, he played at academy level playing for the under 20s side. During that year, he was selected for the
France U20s side to play in the inaugural
IRB Junior World Championship
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in
Wales
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. He made two appearances for the U20s side, playing against
Japan U20s and
Italy U20s - winning both matches 53–17 and 32–14 respectively. After being promoted to the senior Biarritz side in
2008
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, he went on to play seven times during the 2008–09 season. His first professional appearance was on 26 August 2008 in a 29–22 victory against
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 ...
. In June 2009, he was selected again to represent France U20s in the
2009 IRB Junior World Championship
The 2009 IRB Junior World Championship (known as the 2009 IRB Toshiba Junior World Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaces the now def ...
. He played in every pool game to come second in that pool - the only loss was to
South Africa U20s which they lost 43–27. He played in the 5th Place Play-offs semi-final against
Samoa U20s. But was however not selected for the play-off match against
Wales U20s, in what was a 68–13 win for France to come 5th in that tournament.
During the
2009–10 Top 14 season
The 2009–10 Top 14 competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). It began on August 14, 2009 with a match between Toulon and Stade Français at Stade Mayol in Toulon, and continued ...
, he suffered an injury in late October, thus ruling him out of selection for the
French national team for the
2009 end-of-year rugby union internationals
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The headline event of the series was an attempted ...
. He returned in March 2010 to play a further 4 matches in that Top 14 Season. In addition to this, he played 5 matches during the
2009–10 Heineken Cup
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, where he started in both the quarter-finals and semi-finals against the
Ospreys and
Munster
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. Most notably, he started at Openside in the French derby
2010 Heineken Cup Final at the
Stade de France
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. But Biarritz were unable to turn over French Giants
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...
, losing 21–19.
On 19 May 2010, he was selected by
Marc Lièvremont
Marc Lièvremont (born 28 October 1968) is a former rugby union footballer and was the head coach of the French national rugby union team. He played as a back-row forward for France, gaining 25 caps from 1995 to 1999, and was selected in France's ...
for the France National side to tour South Africa and Argentina. He made his debut on the 12 June at
Newlands Stadium
The Newlands Stadium, referred to as DHL Newlands for sponsorship reasons,
is located in Cape Town, South Africa. The stadium has a capacity of 51,900 people, but is not an all-seater venue.
Various sports teams use the stadium as their ho ...
, starting in the 42–17 defeat. He didn't represent France again until June 2012, during the
2012 French tour to Argentina where he played in both matches. At the end of the
2012–13 Top 14 season
The 2012–13 Top 14 competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Two new teams from the 2011–12 Pro D2 season were promoted to Top 14 this year, Grenoble and Stade Montois in pl ...
, Lauret signed to play for
Racing Métro, who he made his debut for on 23 August 2013 against
Toulon
Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is th ...
- losing 41–14. During the 2013-14 Season, he returned to French national duties, and was part of the
2014 Six Nations Championship
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squad that narrowly lost the title to Ireland and England.
Honours
Racing 92
Racing 92 () is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. They were called Racing Métro 92 between 2001 and 2015, when they changed the name to ...
*
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 ...
:
2015–16
References
External links
Its Rugby profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lauret, Wenceslas
1989 births
Living people
French rugby union players
France international rugby union players
Rugby union flankers
Biarritz Olympique players
Racing 92 players
Sportspeople from Tarbes
Rugby union players from Occitania (administrative region)
2019 Rugby World Cup players