Rodolphe Modin (born 26 March 1959 in
Gennevilliers,
Paris) is a former French international
rugby union player. He played as a
scrum-half.
As a youth, he played for CSM Gennevilliers and
Racing Métro, with whom he won the under-19 national championship against a
Biarritz Olympique team that included
Serge Blanco
Serge Blanco (born 31 August 1958) is a former rugby union footballer who played fullback for Biarritz Olympique and the French national side, gaining 93 caps, 81 of them at fullback. His alternative position was wing. He was generally nicknamed ...
. The following year he joined
CA Brive
Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive () or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze department. They compete in the first-tier Top 14 competition.
Briv ...
as a senior player, where he made 213 appearances from 1978 to 1991.
Despite being selected for several touring parties of the
France team, he made only one appearance, against Zimbabwe at the
1987 World Cup. He started the match and scored a hat-trick as France won 70–12.
Although he has a teaching degree in physical education, he has never taught. After his rugby-playing days were over he began a business career.
References
External links
Scrum profile
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1959 births
Living people
People from Gennevilliers
French rugby union players
Racing 92 players
CA Brive players
Rugby union scrum-halves
France international rugby union players
Sportspeople from Hauts-de-Seine
Rugby union players from Île-de-France
1987 Rugby World Cup players