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club based in the
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department,
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' western inner
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that competes in
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. The club plays its home matches at the 30,681-capacity domed stadium
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, located near the
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business district. Founded in 1890 as the rugby union section of the Paris sports club
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, Racing 92 is one of the oldest rugby clubs in France and has traditionally worn a sky blue and white hooped home kit since its inception. The club in its current form is the result of a merger with US Métro in 2001, having been rebranded ''Métro Racing 92'' and then ''Racing Métro 92'' from 2005 to 2015 when the club took its current name. ''92'' refers to the number of the Hauts-de-Seine department that henceforth supports the team. After a stint in the
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, Racing Métro 92 returned to the first division in
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and very quickly emerged as a flagship club thanks to ambitious recruitment and significant financial resources. Since the promotion, Racing 92 has always taken part in the Top 14 playoffs and won the
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on one occasion in 2016. The following year, the club left its forever home
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for its new stadium, the Paris La Défense Arena. Throughout its history, Racing 92 has won a total of six league titles including the inaugural edition of the French championship in
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, one
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title and one
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. The club also reached the
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final three times in
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and
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but has never won the trophy. Racing 92 has a long-standing rivalry with nearby club
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.


History

Racing Club was established in 1882 (it became Racing Club de France in 1885) as an athletics club, one of the first in France. New sections were regularly added thereafter (17 as of 2006, accounting for some 20,000 members). A rugby section was founded in 1890, which became an immediate protagonist of the early French championship to which, until 1898, only Parisian teams were invited. On 20 March
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the
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organised the first-ever French rugby championship, a one-off game between Racing and
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. The game was refereed by
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and saw Racing win 4–3. Racing were awarded the
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, which is still awarded to the winners of the French championship today. Both clubs would contest the championship game the following season as well, though in 1893 it would be Stade Français who would win the event, defeating the Racing Club 7–3. Stade went on to dominate the following years and the Racing Club would make their next final appearance in the 1898 season, where they met Stade yet again. However the title was awarded after a round-robin with six clubs. Stade Français won with 10 points, Racing came in second with 6. Racing contested the 1900 season final against the
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club, as provincial clubs had been allowed to compete in 1899. Racing easily won the match, defeating Stade Bordelais 37–7. The two clubs would meet again in the 1902 championship game, where Racing would again win, 6–0. A decade passed until Racing Club made another championship final, which would be on 31 March 1912, where they would play
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in
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. They lost the match 8–6. Due to World War I the French championship was replaced with a competition called the
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. The Racing Club won the competition in 1918, defeating
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22 points to 9. Normal competition resumed for the 1920 season. That season the Racing Club made their first final since 1912, though they lost 8 to 3 to Stadoceste Tarbais, a club from the Pyrénées. After the 1920 season, the Racing Club would not win any championships for a number of years. In 1931 they created the
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competition. In the 1950s the club had some success, making their first championship final in 30 years, losing to
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, 11 points to 8, becoming runners-up in the Challenge Yves du Manoir and winning the Challenge Rutherford in the 1952 season. After losing the 1957 final to
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, the club then won the championship in the 1959 season, defeating
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8 points to 3. The Racing Club would next play in the championship final in the 1987 season, where they met
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at
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in Paris. Toulon won the match 15 points to 12. Three seasons later the Racing Club defeated
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22 to 12 in Paris, capturing their first title since the 1959 season. But in the wake of the 1990 title, Racing Club had a hard time adapting to the professional era and started to decline, until they were relegated to Division 2 at the end of the 1995–96 season. They jumped back to the top tier in 1998 but went down again in 2000 and played in Division 2 for most of the next decade. In 2001 the rugby section split off from the general sports club to merge with the rugby section of
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, the Paris public transport sports club, to form the current professional concern, known as Racing Métro 92. Both Racing Club de France and US Métro retained their other amateur general sports sections. Racing 92's president is Jacky Lorenzetti, who heads a giant real estate company called Foncia. When Lorenzetti took over in 2006, the board set goals of bringing Racing into the
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within the next two years and into the
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by 2011. They missed their Top 14 goal by one year, not entering the top flight until 2009, but achieved their Heineken Cup goal by qualifying for the 2010–11 edition. After 2003 the Challenge Yves du Manoir has been taken over by Racing Club as a youth competition for under 15s clubs. Racing Club de France provided 76 players to the national team, including 12 captains. It is second only to
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(almost 100) in that category. Three ''Racingmen'' played in France's first international match against the
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on 1 January 1906. Laurent Cabannes, a France flanker, also played for Harlequins. At the end of the 2014–15 season, the team's name was shortened from Racing Métro 92 to simply Racing 92.


Identity


Aristocratic exclusivity

In France, early organised sport was a matter for rich people. Racing Club became the epitome of the exclusive athletics club, located in the heart of the
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in the affluent western district of Paris. As the club's name, Racing, indicates, it was modelled after fashionable English sports organisations, whose ideal of ''
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'' (''a healthy mind in a healthy body'') appealed very much to its members. Many of them were actually aristocrats, and four nobles took part in the first championship final. Although fewer aristocrats belong to the club now, it is still very complicated to join it, and the identity and image is one of exclusivity. Racing Club has also always defended the amateur spirit of the game and of sports in general. The creation of the
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responded to this ideal in a period (late 1920s–early 1930s) where French rugby was marred by violence and undergoing creeping professionalism. Yves du Manoir symbolised the romantic side of rugby, its carefree dimension, ''le jeu pour le jeu'' (''playing for the fun of playing'').


Modern eccentricity

In a very different vein, much later, in the 1980s, a talented generation of players revived the club's spirit. They carried it back to the top of French rugby thanks to their performances on the pitch, but they also wanted to bring the fun back into the game, to take rugby out of its Parisian anonymity. They did so through a combination of serious football, humour and self-mockery. Their famous antics were invented by the club's backs (including France flyhalf Franck Mesnel and France wing Jean-Baptiste Lafond) who once played a game in
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with
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on their heads as a tribute to the tradition of attacking play of the Basque club
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(11 Jan 1987). As members of a gang which they called ''le show bizz'', they played other matches with black make-up on (10 April 1988 at
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), hair dyed yellow, bald caps (26 Feb 1989 against
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), wigs and even dressed up as
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players (white shirts, black jackets and berets, again) in March 1990 at
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. In April 1989, they wore long red and white striped shorts to celebrate the
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who took the
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on 14 July 1789. They wore long white trousers to look like players of old in the French championship semi-final on 26 April 1987—and won. Their best prank was in the next game though: they played the 1987 final against
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with a pink bow tie (2 May). Just before kick-off, Lafond presented French president
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, who always attended the national final, with one of those bow ties. They lost that match but went on to play the 1990 final with the same bow ties. At half-time, they had a drink of champagne on the pitch to recover from the efforts of the first half—and won what proved to be the club's last top-flight title for a quarter-century. They were also famous for their love of nightlife, which attracted a lot of criticism, especially because so many of them had international duties with France. All this contributed to the image of Racing Club as an eccentric institution, but these players have also been seen as trail blazers for
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's president
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, who a few years later, took up the provocative (such as the use of the pink colour) and imaginative spirit to boost his club's image and shake off the conservative traditionalism of French rugby. As the club hit the front pages, five players capitalised on the success and went on to start a sportswear clothing business called Eden Park (after the famous Auckland stadium) in late 1987. Their development was boosted when the French Federation chose them as official suppliers of France's formal wear in 1998. The company has 270 outlets throughout the world. One of them is in
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as Eden Park developed a partnership with Harlequins. Others are to be found in
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, Dublin and
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. In 2003, Eden Park became the official supplier of the
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's formal wear for the World Cup in Australia. Eden Park is also directly involved in the Racing 92 club since one of its founders, Eric Blanc—who happens to be Franck Mesnel's brother-in-law, is the club's vice-president. This particular period ended in the early 1990s when those players left the club. Racing then spent several years in the second division, but retained plenty of ambition. In 2007–08, Racing finished second on the ladder to equally ambitious
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, but fell short of promotion with an extra-time loss to
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in the Pro D2 promotion playoff final. The following year saw Racing's ambitions realised with a romp to the Pro D2 crown, clinching promotion with four rounds to spare. In their return to the top flight in 2009–10, Racing finished sixth on the regular-season table, two spots ahead of their Parisian rivals, securing the final spot in the newly expanded playoffs—despite actually being outscored by their opponents on the season. This finish also gave Racing a place in the 2010–11 Heineken Cup. Their season ended with a 21–17 first-round loss at eventual champions Clermont. The 2010–11 season saw Racing emphatically, though only temporarily, reestablish themselves as the top club in Paris, finishing second on the regular-season table to Stade Français' 11th. Lorenzetti's model for success has been to combine young French talent with big-name imports. More significantly, while he largely bankrolled the team during the first years of his tenure as president, he is committed to making the club self-supporting. To that end, he financed the construction of a new 32,000-seat stadium for the club in the Paris suburb of
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, near
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. The new ground, known at its October 2017 opening as U Arena and renamed Paris La Défense Arena in June 2018, has been Racing's home since December 2017. It is also designed to host major concerts, potentially providing Racing with substantial non-match revenue. Racing made headlines in December 2014, announcing that it had signed
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fly-half
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, the all-time leading points scorer in international rugby, to a three-year deal effective after the
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. The contract reportedly made Carter the first player in rugby history to make £1 million (€1.3 million at late-2014 exchange rates) a season, with reports of his annual salary as high as £1.3 million (€1.7 million). When the signing was announced, Lorenzetti said, "Carter will be the best-paid player at Racing but also the least expensive because of the economic benefits." Carter filled the void at fly-half left by the return of
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to
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at the end of the 2014–15 season. Still more recently, Racing became the first Top 14 side to establish a satellite club in the
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, signing a partnership agreement in 2016 with Austin Huns, a club from
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that planned to turn fully professional. The partnership includes youth player development, player exchanges, Racing 92 exhibitions in Austin, and marketing.


Honours

* French championship Top 14 **Champions (6):
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**''Runners-up (7)'':
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1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...
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1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its ow ...
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1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...
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1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...
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1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...
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European Rugby Champions Cup The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Investec Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the top-tier competition for clubs who compete in a pr ...
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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
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Challenge Yves du Manoir The Challenge Yves du Manoir was a rugby union club competition that was played in France between 1931 and 2003 under different names. It is named after former player Yves du Manoir. History The Challenge Yves du Manoir was officially created on ...
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Coupe de l'Espérance The Coupe de l'Espérance was a rugby union competition that was played in France to replace the national championship during World War I, as many players were sent to the front. The teams used mostly young boys who had not been drafted yet. The cu ...
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Finals results


European Rugby Champions Cup


French championship


Challenge Yves du Manoir


Coupe de l'Espérance


Current standings


Current squad

The Racing 92 squad for the 2024–25 season is:


Espoirs squad

The Racing 92 Espoirs squad is:


Coaching staff

The following members were part of Racing 92 coaching staff for the 2024–25 season. Patrice Collazo replaced Stuart Lancaster as head coach on 1 February 2025.


Notable current and past players

* Patricio Albacete *
Emiliano Boffelli Emiliano Boffelli (born 16 January 1995) is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a Wing (rugby union), wing for United Rugby Championship club Edinburgh Rugby, Edinburgh and the Argentina national rugby union team, Argentin ...
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Manuel Carizza Manuel Nicolás Carizza (born 23 August 1984 in Rosario) is an Argentine rugby union footballer who usually plays as a lock. He currently plays for French Top 14 side . He started his career with Argentine club Jockey Club de Rosario until he ...
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Álvaro Galindo Álvaro Galindo (born 26 February 1982), is an Argentine professional rugby union footballer. Álvaro currently plays for the French club Racing Métro 92. Standing at 6 ft 4in he plays in the back-row where he also represents his country ...
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Juan Martín Hernández Juan Martín Hernández (born 7 August 1982) is an Argentine retired rugby union player. A mainstay of the Argentina national team '' The Pumas''. He played for the club Toulon in the French Top 14 competition. His 2010 move to Racing brought ...
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Juan José Imhoff Juan José Imhoff (born 11 May 1988) is a former Argentine professional rugby union player who played as a Wing (rugby union), wing. Club career He played for Duendes Rugby Club, from 2009 to 2011, in the Nacional de Clubes, which he won twic ...
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Juan Pablo Orlandi Juan Pablo Orlandi (born 20 June 1983) is an Argentine former rugby union footballer who played at prop. He previously played for Racing Métro in France and Rovigo in Italy. Orlandi has also represented the Argentina national rugby union team. ...
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Agustín Pichot Agustín Pichot (born 22 August 1974) is an Argentine retired rugby union player, formerly captain of the Argentine team and the English club Bristol. In addition to Bristol, he played for French sides Stade Français and Racing Métro after ...
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Kurtley Beale Kurtley James Beale (born 6 January 1989) is an Australian professional rugby union representative player who has made over 90 national representative appearances in a ten-year playing career at the world-class level. He is of Aboriginal desce ...
* Nic Berry *
Olly Barkley Oliver John Barkley (born 28 November 1981) is a former English rugby union player who played for Bath, Gloucester, Racing Metro, Grenoble, Scarlets and London Welsh at fly-half between 2001 and 2016. Early career Barkley was born in Hammers ...
* Dan Scarbrough * Sireli Bobo *
Sakiusa Matadigo Sakiusa Masinivanua (Masi) Matadigo (born 8 August 1982) is a rugby union footballer who plays back row for Montpellier Hérault RC. He has been capped for the full Fiji national side, as well as representing Fiji at Sevens. Before moving to t ...
* Josh Matavesi *
Leone Nakarawa Lieutenant Leone Nakarawa (born 2 April 1988) is a Fijian rugby union footballer and Olympic gold medalist. He plays as a lock for Castres and represents the Fijian national team in international rugby. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors ...
* Jone Qovu *
Simon Raiwalui Simon Raiwalui (born 8 September 1974) is a Fijian Australian former rugby union player and coach. He served as the General Manager for his former French club, Racing Métro 92. He has represented Fiji on a number of occasions and most recently c ...
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Ben Volavola Ben Volavola (born 13 January 1991) is a Fijian Australian international rugby union player. He most recently played for Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby. He has previously played for Agen in the French Pro D2 competition; for ...
* Albert Vulivuli * Wladimir Aïtoff * Georges André *
Marc Andreu Marc Andreu (born 27 December 1985 in Fréjus, Var) is a French rugby union player. Andreu, who is a wing, plays his club rugby for La Rochelle having previously been at Racing 92. He made his debut for France against Wales on 26 February 2010. ...
* Alexandre Audebert *
David Auradou David Auradou (born 13 November 1973) is a French former rugby union footballer. He last played for Paris club Stade Français, where he was the captain, in the Top 14. His usual position was at lock. Career Auradou was part of the Stade Franç ...
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Louis Béguet Louis Béguet (7 December 1894 – 2 March 1983) was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Neuf-Mesnil, Nord (French department), Nord and died in Nantes. In 1924 he won the silver medal as m ...
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Laurent Benezech Laurent may refer to: *Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname **Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent **Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician **Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer ...
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Eddy Ben Arous Eddy Ben Arous (born 25 August 1990) is a French rugby union player of Nigerian descent who plays prop for Top 14 side Racing 92. Early career Ben Arous began his career with playing for his local side Rugby Trappes, before playing at semi-prof ...
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Léon Binoche Léon Binoche (16 August 1878 – 28 August 1962) was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the French rugby union team, which won the gold medal. His great-niece is the actress Juliette B ...
* Mathieu Blin * Eric Bonneval * François Borde *
René Boudreaux René Emile Henri Boudreaux (27 November 1880 – 8 September 1915) was a French rugby union player. Boudreaux was born in Paris and played as a prop forward for . He was twice capped for in the 1910 Five Nations Championship. He made his fir ...
* Adolphe Bousquet *
Guillaume Boussès Guillaume Boussès (born 12 October 1981)
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* Julien Brugnaut * Marcel Burgun * Laurent Cabannes *
Fernand Cazenave Fernand Cazenave (26 November 1924 – 10 January 2005) was a French former rugby union international and national coach. Cazenave played six times for France as a winger in the 1950s. He debuted against England in 1950 and scored his only T ...
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Sébastien Chabal Sébastien Chabal (born 8 December 1977) is a French former rugby union player. He played Number eight (rugby union), number eight and Lock (rugby union), lock for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, Bourgoin (1998–2004), Sale Sharks (2004–2009), Racing Mé ...
* Denis Charvet * Camille Chat * Henry Chavancy *
André Chilo André Chilo (5 July 1898 – 3 November 1982) was a French rugby union player and athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne ...
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Antonie Claassen Antonie Delport Claassen (born 20 October 1984) is a French and South African rugby union player. His position is Flanker and he currently plays for Racing 92 in the Top 14. He began his career with Blue Bulls in his native South Africa before ...
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Jean Collas Jean Collas (3 July 1874 in Paris – 30 December 1928 in Asnières-sur-Seine, France) was a French rugby union player and tug of war competitor, who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (), today officially kn ...
* Patrice Collazo * René Crabos * Michel Crauste * Benjamin Dambielle * Paul Decamps *
Jean-Frédéric Dubois Jean-Frédéric or Jean-Frederic may refer to: *Jean Frederic Bazille (1841–1870), French Impressionist painter *Jean-Frédéric Chapuis (born 1989), French freestyle skier * Jean Frédéric Auguste Delsarte (1903–1968), French mathematician *J ...
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Luc Ducalcon Luc Ducalcon (born 2 January 1984) is a French rugby union player. Ducalcon, who is a tighthead prop, plays his club rugby for Racing Métro 92. He made his debut for France against Scotland on 7 February 2010. Honours Racing 92 *Top 14 ...
* Brice Dulin * Alexandre Dumoulin * Nicolas Durand * Yves du Manoir *
Fabrice Estebanez Fabrice Estebanez (born 26 December 1981) is a French professional rugby league and rugby union footballer. He has played at club level for CA Brive before joining Racing Metro 92, as a utility back and is able to play as a centre or fly-half. ...
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Benjamin Fall Benjamin Fall (born 3 March 1989) is a former French rugby player. He played as a wing. He was part of the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship playing for France playing 4 games and scoring 2 tries. He then played for Union Bordeaux Bègles in th ...
* Jérôme Fillol * Jean-Pierre Genet *
Charles Gondouin Charles Gondouin (21 July 1875 – 25 December 1947) was a French rugby union player and tug of war competitor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the French rugby union team, which won the gold medal. Gondouin st ...
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Pierre Guillemin Pierre Guillemin (14 June 1886 – 18 August 1915) was a French rugby union player, who represented , Paris and Racing Club de France (RCF). He was first selected to play for France in the Home Nations Championship of 1908, playing in the gam ...
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Adolphe Jauréguy Adolphe Jauréguy (18 February 1898 – 4 September 1977) was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Ostabat-Asme and died in Toulouse. He played in nine Five Nations Championships: in 1920, ...
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Adolphe Klingelhoefer Adolphe Klingelhoefer (2 May 1880 - 19 December 1956) was a French Track and field, track and field athlete who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, he also played rugby union. Biography Klingelhoefer was born and raised in Par ...
* Virgile Lacombe *
Jean-Baptiste Lafond Jean-Baptiste Lafond (born 29 December 1961) is a former French rugby union footballer. He played for the French national team on over 30 occasions. His usual position was either on the wing or at fullback. He made his debut for France against ...
* Fabrice Landreau * Gaston Lane *
Wenceslas Lauret Wenceslas Lauret (born 28 March 1989) is a rugby union footballer, who plays for Racing 92 in the Top 14 French league. His usual position is flanker, but he can also play Lock. Career Lauret first arose on the professional scene during the ...
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Hubert Lefèbvre Hubert Jean Daniel Lefèbvre (28 November 1878 in Paris – 26 September 1937 in Labaroche) was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the French rugby union team, which won the gold medal. Lefè ...
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Bernard Le Roux Bernard Le Roux (; born 4 June 1989) is a South African-born French rugby union player, who recently played as flanker for French Top 14 side Racing 92. As indicated by his family name, Bernard Le Roux has French roots, his Le Roux ancestor ori ...
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Thomas Lombard Thomas Lombard (born July 5, 1975 in Le Chesnay), is a French rugby union player. Thomas Lombard began playing Rugby Union with Racing but he moved to Stade Français with whom he won four top 14s. After a new title in 2004, he left Paris to pla ...
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Maxime Machenaud Maxime Machenaud (born 30 December 1988) is a French rugby union player. His position is Scrum-half (rugby union), scrum-half and he currently plays for Aviron Bayonnais, Bayonne and formerly of the France national rugby union team, France nation ...
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Gérald Martinez Gérald Martinez (born 30 March 1955 in Montréjeau) is a retired French international rugby union scrum half for Stade Toulousain. Martinez made his international début for France in February 1982, against Wales, but would have to fight wi ...
* Arnaud Marquesuzaa *
Franck Mesnel Franck Mesnel (born 30 June 1961, Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a former French rugby union footballer. He played as a fly-half and as a centre. He is the founder of the French rugby and leisure clothing brand Eden Park. The company was founded in 1987 ...
* François Moncla *
Lionel Nallet Lionel Nallet (born 14 September 1976) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a Lock (rugby union), lock and is a former captain of the France national rugby union team, France national team. He began his professional career with CS ...
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Benjamin Noirot Benjamin Noirot (born 17 December 1980 in Dijon) is a professional rugby union Hooker (rugby union), hooker currently playing for RC Toulonnais in the Top 14. He has previously played for US Dax and Biarritz Olympique. He made his international d ...
* Yannick Nyanga * Robert Paparemborde * Alexandre Pharamond * Étienne Piquiral *
Adrien Planté Adrien Planté (born 25 April 1985) is a French rugby union player. He plays on the wing currently for Section Paloise in the Top 14. He began his career with RC Narbonne before moving to USA Perpignan Union Sportive Arlequins Perpignanais, al ...
* Alain Porthault * Frantz Reichel *
Jean-Pierre Rives Jean-Pierre Rives (born 31 December 1952) is a French former rugby union player and visual artist. "A cult figure in France", according to the ''BBC'', he came to epitomise the team's spirit and "ultra-committed, guts-and-glory style of play".
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André Roosevelt Cornelius Louis André Roosevelt (April 24, 1879 – July 21, 1962) was a French-born American filmmaker and resort hotel manager of American origin. Early life He was born in Paris to Cornelius Roosevelt (1847–1902), a cousin of U.S. President ...
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Émile Sarrade France was the host of the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. France was one of many nations that had competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Greece and had returned to compete at the 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 Games. Gold medals were not given out ...
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Julien Saubade Julien Saubade (born 5 November 1983 in Bayonne) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for the Paris rugby club Racing Métro in the top level of French club rugby, the Top 14. His usual position is on the wing. Saubade was orig ...
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Alfred Sauvy Alfred Sauvy (31 October 1898 – 30 October 1990) was a demographer, anthropologist and historian of the French economy. Sauvy coined the term Third World ("Tiers Monde") in reference to countries that were unaligned with either the Western ...
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Laurent Sempéré Laurent Sempéré (born 9 July 1985) is a French rugby union coach and former player, he is currently the forwards coach of the France national team. His position was Hooker. He began his career with USA Perpignan before moving to Racing Métr ...
* Dimitri Szarzewski *
Rémi Talès Rémi Talès (born 2 May 1984) is a French rugby union player. His position is fly-half and he currently plays for Mont-de-Marsan in the Pro D2. He began his career with Stade Montois before moving to La Rochelle. He established himself as a ...
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Jacques Tati Jacques Tati (; born Jacques Tatischeff, ; 9 October 1907 – 5 November 1982) was a French mime, filmmaker, actor and screenwriter. In an ''Entertainment Weekly'' poll of the Greatest Movie Directors, he was voted 46th (a list of the top 50 was ...
* Teddy Thomas *
Franck Tournaire Franck Tournaire (born 4 December 1972 in Narbonne) is a former French international professional rugby union player now playing amateur rugby for US Carcassonne. As a prop, Tournaire played for Narbonne, Toulouse, Leicester, Perpignan and Narb ...
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François Trinh-Duc François Trinh-Duc (; born 11 November 1986) is a former French rugby union player. Trinh-Duc's regular position was as a fly-half or inside centre. Early life Trinh-Duc was born in Montpellier. Trinh-Duc started playing rugby at the age o ...
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Mikaele Tuugahala Mikaele Tuugahala (b. in Wallis and Futuna) is a French rugby union player. He plays at the Prop position and currently plays for Racing Métro 92. He is the cousin of Toulon Loose forward Jocelino Suta. Career Tuugahala started playing rugby in ...
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Virimi Vakatawa Virimi Vakatawa (born 1 May 1992) is a New Zealand-born French professional rugby union player who plays as a centre or a wing for Bristol Bears and the French national team. Arriving in France in 2010 and having obtained a French passport, h ...
* Ludovic Valbon *
Michel Vannier Michel Vannier (21 July 1931 – 27 June 1991) was a French international rugby union player. Born in Étain, Meuse, Vannier started out as an association football player, until being recruited by a local rugby coach who had watched him on the foo ...
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Jonathan Wisniewski Jonathan Wisniewski (born 16 July 1985) is a former French rugby union player who played as a fly-half. He is of Polish descent and is a grandnephew of Maryan Wisniewski. Club career Wisniewski started playing rugby at a youth level for Gaillac ...
* Giorgi Chkhaidze * Vasil Kakovin *
David Khinchagishvili David Khinchaguishvili ( ka, დავით ხინჩაგიშვილი) (born 24 July 1982) is a Georgian rugby union footballer. He previously played in the Top 14 for Aviron Bayonnais. He also previously played for CS Bourgoin-Jall ...
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Mamuka Magrakvelidze Mamuka Magrakvelidze (born 12 August 1977) is a Georgian rugby union player, currently playing in the French professional Pro D2, for the Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby club. He previously played for other French clubs, the Montpellier Hérault RC and t ...
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Mirco Bergamasco Mirco Bergamasco (born 23 February 1983) is an Italian rugby union and rugby league footballer. Bergamasco has played both rugby league and rugby union, and is a dual-code rugby international, having played for both the Italy national rugby uni ...
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Martin Castrogiovanni Martin may refer to: Places Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Mart ...
* Santiago Dellapè * Carlo Festuccia *
Andrea Lo Cicero Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina (; born Catania, 7 May 1976) is an Italian rugby union footballer, who retired from playing in 2013. Born in Catania, Sicily, Lo Cicero began his professional career in the town of his birth with Amatori Catania. Later he ...
* Andrea Masi * Michael Carroll * Donnacha Ryan *
Johnny Sexton Jonathan Jeremiah Sexton (born 11 July 1985) is an Irish former professional rugby union player who played as a Fly-half (rugby union), fly-half and Captain (sports), captained the Ireland national rugby union team, Ireland national team from ...
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Simon Zebo Simon Zebo (born 16 March 1990) is an Irish former rugby union player who played as a wing or fullback for clubs Munster and Racing 92 and for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. Early life Born in Cork, Zebo attended Beaumont Boys Schoo ...
* Dominic Bird *
Dan Carter Daniel William Carter (born 5 March 1982) is a New Zealand retired rugby union player. Carter played for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks. He is the highest point scorer in test match rugby, a ...
* Casey Laulala * Johnny Leo'o *
Chris Masoe Chris Masoe (born 15 May 1979 in Savaii, Western Samoa) is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer, who last played for Racing Metro 92 in the Top 14 and a current professional boxer. He is the brother of boxer Maselino Masoe. He was born o ...
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Andrew Mehrtens Andrew Philip Mehrtens (born 28 April 1973) is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He was regarded as a top first five-eighth, having played first for Canterbury in 1993, before being selected for the All Blacks (New Zealand's national ...
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Joe Rokocoko Josevata Taliga "Joe" Rokocoko (pronounced , born 6 June 1983) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player, who played as a wing. Born in Fiji, Rokocoko grew up in New Zealand and played for the Blues and Auckland. He later played f ...
* Brent Ward * Carlos de Candamo * Jacques Cronjé * Johan Goosen * Juandré Kruger * Pat Lambie * Brian Mujati *
François Steyn François Philippus Lodewyk Steyn (born 14 May 1987) is a South African former professional rugby union player. A Utility player#Rugby union, utility back who represented his South Africa national rugby union team, country, he was able to play a ...
* François van der Merwe *
Gabriel Brezoianu Gabriel Brezoianu (born 18 January 1977 in Bucharest) is a Romanian retired rugby union player. He began his club career with Timișoara (1995/99), then played for Steaua Bucharest (1999/00). He then moved to France, playing for Bègles-Bordeau ...
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Tudor Constantin Tudor Constantin (born 17 November 1969) is a Romanian former rugby union international who represented Romania in 17 Test matches between 1992 and 2002. Born in Bucharest, Constantin played as a lock and had the experience early in his career of ...
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Răzvan Mavrodin Răzvan Mavrodin (born 29 September 1973 in Bucharest) is a Romanian former rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a hooker. Career Mavrodin played in France for Racing Club (1999/00), USA Perpignan (2000/01), Tarbes Pyrénées ...
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Adrian Motoc Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water". The Adria was until the 8th century BC the main ...
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Cristian Petre Cristian Constantin Petre (born 22 March 1979 in Oradea)Cristian Petre player profile
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Alin Petrache Adrian Alin Petrache (born 29 October 1976 in Bucharest) is a Romanian rugby union administrator and former player. He is currently the president of CSM București sports club and also president of the Romanian Rugby Federation. He was also the p ...
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Lucian Sîrbu Lucian Sîrbu (born 16 October 1976 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian rugby union footballer. He played as a scrum-half. Sîrbu played at Grivița Roșie and Steaua București, in Romania, until moving to Racing Métro 92, in France. He moved t ...
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Ionuț Tofan Ionuț Răzvan Tofan (born 8 March 1977 in Bucharest) is a Romanian former rugby union footballer. A fly-half, he made his international debut in 1997 and was the Romanian national team's goalkicker during their 2003 World Cup campaign. He has s ...
* Dumitru Volvoreanu * Sefulu Gaugau * Census Johnston *
Finn Russell Finn Alastair Russell (born 23 September 1992) is a Scottish professional rugby union player who plays as a Fly-half (rugby union), fly-half for Premiership Rugby club Bath Rugby, Bath and Captain (sports), captains the Scotland national rugby ...
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Ben Tameifuna Benjamin Vainga Charles Tameifuna (; born 30 August 1991) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Top 14 club Bordeaux Bègles. Born in New Zealand, he represents Tonga at international level after qualifying on ancestry ...
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Soane Tongaʻuiha Soane Tongaʻuiha (born 21 January 1982) is a Tongan-born, New Zealand-educated, rugby union player and coach. His longest stint was spent with the Northampton Saints, with whom he formed a formidable reputation and rose to prominence, becoming a ...
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Mani Vakaloa Mani may refer to: People * Mani (name), (), a given name and surname (including a list of people with the name) ** Mani (prophet) (c. 216–274), a 3rd century Iranian prophet who founded Manichaeism ** Mani (musician) (born 1962), an English ...
* Dan Lydiate * Jamie Roberts * Mike Phillips *
Luke Charteris Luke Charteris (born 9 March 1983) is a former rugby union player who played as a lock for the Newport Gwent Dragons, Perpignan, Racing 92 and Bath, as well as the Wales national team. He made 74 appearances for Wales between 2004 and 2017. Si ...


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See also

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Rugby union in France Rugby union in France is a popular team sport. Rugby union was first introduced in the early 1870s by British residents, which makes the country one of the few early exponents of the sport. Elite French clubs participate in the professional dome ...


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