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Raphaël Lakafia (born 28 October 1988) is a French rugby union player. He currently plays for and plays at the Number 8 position. He is the younger brother of Pierre-Gilles Lakafia and son of former French javelin champion Jean-Paul Lakafia. Lakafia played for France in the
2008 IRB Junior World Championship The 2008 IRB Junior World Championship was the first annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. All players who were twenty years of age or under on 1 January 2008 were eligible for selection. This competition repl ...
and scored three tries against Japan. He played at the
2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup, was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The World Rugby, International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japa ...
for
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 ...
. He played twice during the tournament against
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
and
Tonga Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. accordin ...
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lakafia, Raphael 1988 births Living people FC Grenoble Rugby players Biarritz Olympique players Stade Français Paris players French rugby union players Rugby union number eights Rugby union players from Wallis and Futuna French people of Wallis and Futuna descent France international rugby union players RC Toulon players French people of New Caledonian descent 2011 Rugby World Cup players 21st-century French sportsmen