Julien Peyrelongue (born 2 April 1981, in Bayonne) is a French

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, currently playing for the

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team

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Club career

Having spent his youth years at

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, Peyrelongue left in 2000 for Biarritz, where he spent his entire professional career. He won two

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in 2005 and 2006 and reached the final of the Heineken Cup twice in 2006 and 2010.

International career

Peyrelongue made his international debut on 21 February 2004 in the Six Nations Championship match against

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in a game that he played in its entirety alongside his Biarritz teammate

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. He also played the second half of France's game against

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, helping France to their second Grand Slam in three years. He played four more games in 2004, against

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during France's summer tour and all three games during the autumn internationals, but was never called up again afterwards.

Honours

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 ...

** Top 16 ( 2005) **

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( 2006) *

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( 2004)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peyrelongue, Julien 1981 births Living people Rugby union players from Bayonne French rugby union players US Dax players France international rugby union players Biarritz Olympique players Rugby union fly-halves