Benoît Cabello (born 27 February 1980) is a French
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
player. His position is
Hooker and he currently plays for
Clermont Auvergne in the
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 National Rugby League (France), France National Rugby League, also ...
.
He began his career with the Paris clubs, moving from
Racing Métro to
Stade Français
Stade Français Paris (known commonly as Stade Français, ) is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French ...
, before settling at
Bourgoin in 2003, where he would stay for five years, becoming a key part of the side as the starting Hooker and a semi-regular try scorer. He moved to
Clermont Auvergne in 2008. He was a replacement in the final as Clermont won the
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 National Rugby League (France), France National Rugby League, also ...
title in
2009–10.
Honours
*
Top 14 Champion –
2009–10
References
1980 births
Living people
French rugby union players
Rugby union players from Perpignan
ASM Clermont Auvergne players
Rugby union hookers
21st-century French sportsmen
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