Lionel Faure
Appearance
Birth name | Lionel Faure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 26 November 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montauban, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 18 st 6 lb (117 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lionel Faure (born 26 November 1977 in France) is a rugby union player for Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14. Faure plays as a Loosehead prop, and previously played for the Sale Sharks and won the 2005–06 Guinness Premiership with them, starting in the final.[1]
He was called up to the France squad for the 2008 Six Nations[2] and played in the 2009 Six Nations. Altogether he has played in five matches in the tournament.
References
[edit]- ^ "Sale 45-20 Leicester". BBC. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Marty replaces Fritz for France". BBC. 30 January 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- French rugby union players
- 1977 births
- Living people
- France international rugby union players
- Sale Sharks players
- Rugby union props
- People from Montauban
- Rugby union players from Tarn-et-Garonne
- ASM Clermont Auvergne players
- Stade Rochelais players
- Section Paloise players
- French expatriate rugby union players in England
- Expatriate rugby league players in England