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Roger Biffi

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Roger Biffi
Date of birth(1942-12-30)30 December 1942
Place of birthBellegarde, Gers,
Occitania, France
Date of death1 May 2004(2004-05-01) (aged 61)
Place of deathToulouse, France[1]
Rugby union career
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
19??-68 Lannemezan ()
Rugby league career
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1968–73 Saint-Gaudens[2]
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1970–72 France 7 3

Roger Biffi (Bellegarde, 30 December 1942 - Toulouse, 1 May 2004) was a rugby league and rugby union player. He played as second row.[2]

Career

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Biffi first started his career playing rugby union for CA Lannemezan until 1968, when he switched codes to play rugby league for Saint-Gaudens, where he played until the end of his career, in 1973. He was also capped 7 times for France,[3] taking part at the 1970 Rugby League World Cup.

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Filae - Ici commence votre histoire".
  2. ^ a b Aimé Mouret (December 2011). "BIFFI Roger". Le Who's who du rugby à XIII (in French). Toulouse: Éditions de l'Ixcea. p. 191. ISBN 978-2-84918-118-8.
  3. ^ Louis Bonnery (1996). "Internationaux de 1934 au 31 décembre 1995". Le rugby à XIII le plus français du monde (in French). Limoux: Cano&Franck. p. 430. ASIN B000X3Z932.
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