Francois Rinaldi (1924-2002) was a French

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footballer who represented

France national rugby league team The France national rugby league team represents France in international rugby league matches. They are referred to as ''les Chanticleers'' or less commonly as ''les Tricolores''. The team is run under the auspices of the French Rugby League Fed ...

Playing career

Rinaldi played for France, including touring Australia and New Zealand in 1951 and playing in the

1954 Rugby League World Cup The 1954 Rugby League World Cup was rugby league's first World Cup and was held between 30 October and 13 November and hosted by France and was won by Great Britain who beat France in the final at the Parc des Princes in Paris. As it was the fi ...

Honours

Club

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** Runner-up in

1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

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) *Rugby League European Nations Cup ** 1 time champion in 1951 and 1952 (France) *French Championship ** 1 time champion in 1949 (

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) **3 times runner-up in 1950, 1952 and 1954 (Marseille) *

Lord Derby Cup The Coupe de France Lord Derby (), or just Coupe Lord Derby ('Lord Derby Cup'), is the premier knockout competition for the sport of rugby league football in France, as well as the name of its championship trophy. The tournament was first conte ...

**1 time runner-up in 1957 (Marseille) **1 time runner-up in 1955 (Marseille)

References

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