Stéphane de Bésombes
| Full name | Stéphane de Bésombes-Singla | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 January 1972 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Perpignan, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 252 lb (114 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Stéphane de Bésombes-Singla (born 2 January 1972) is a French former professional rugby union player.[1]
Born in Perpignan, de Bésombes is the son of a former long-serving L'Albère mayor. He played as a prop and spent most of his rugby career with USA Perpignan, from where he gained his two French caps, against Argentina and Fiji in away Tests in 1998, both off the bench. In 2003, he played on the USA Perpignan team beaten by Stade Toulousain in the Heineken Cup final.[2] He finished his career with a stint at Castres Olympique.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Preparation no help to Leinster". Irish Independent. 26 March 2006.
- ^ "Heineken Cup final as it happened". BBC News. 24 May 2003.
- ^ "Castres : orfèvres et grains de sable". La Dépêche (in French). 27 September 2004.
External links
[edit]- Stéphane de Bésombes at ESPNscrum