Benoît Paillaugue (born 17 November 1987) 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

fly-half In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16� ...

or scrum-half and he currently plays for

Toulon Toulon (, , ; , , ) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var (department), Var department. The Commune of Toulon h ...

in the

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. He began his professional career with

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 ...

in 2008 playing only 2 games before moving to

FC Auch Gers Football Club Auch Gers is a French rugby union club based in Auch in Occitania (administrative region), Occitania most recently playing in the promotion-eligible pool of Fédérale 1. In recent years, they have mainly bounced between the first-le ...

in the

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. After only six months with

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he was signed by Montpellier Hérault in January 2009.

Honours

2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup The 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup was the second edition of the European Rugby Challenge Cup, an annual pan-European rugby union competition for professional clubs. It is also the 20th season of the Challenge Cup competition in all forms, ...

: winner.

References

1987 births Living people French rugby union players Sportspeople from La Rochelle Rugby union players from Nouvelle-Aquitaine Montpellier Hérault Rugby players RC Toulon players Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union scrum-halves 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-rugbyunion-bio-1980s-stub