Amédée Domenech (May 3, 1933,

Narbonne Narbonne ( , , ; ; ; Late Latin:) is a commune in Southern France in the Occitanie region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is located about from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and was ...

– September 21, 2003

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) was a French

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nicknamed ''Le Duc'' (the Duke) who played for RC Vichy between 1954 and 1955. After one year, he moved to

CA Brive Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive () or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze, Corrèze department. Brive is a historical member of French rugby un ...

and helped the club to gain promotion to the first division. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 27 March 1954 against

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. The Stade Amédée-Domenech in

was named in his honour. After his playing career, Domenech became a businessman and a politician. Most notably, he was a regional president of the Radical Party and a city councillor (''conseiller municipal'') in Brive-la-Gaillarde and Paris. He was also part of

Edgar Faure Edgar Jean Faure (; 18 August 1908 – 30 March 1988) was a French politician, lawyer, essayist, historian and memoirist who served as Prime Minister of France in 1952 and again between 1955 and 1956.France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

, 1954–1963 * Five Nations 1954, 1955, 1960, 1961 and 1962. * 1961 France rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia * 1960 France rugby union tour of Argentina and Uruguay

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* 1933 births 2003 deaths French people of Catalan descent French rugby union players 20th-century French sportsmen France international rugby union players Radical Party (France) politicians French sportsperson-politicians Rugby union players from Narbonne Rugby union props RC Vichy (rugby union) players CA Brive players {{France-rugbyunion-bio-1930s-stub