Julien Dupuy (born 19 December 1983) is a former rugby union player for Stade Français in the Top 14. He is now skills and attack coach for RC Toulonnais.
 Julien Dupuy, June 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 December 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Périgueux, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 12 st 4 lb (78 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Julien Dupuy played as a Scrum-half.
Julien Dupuy played for Biarritz and Toulouse in the French Top 14 for 7 seasons before joining Leicester Tigers in 2008.[1] At the end of his first season at Leicester he helped them win the 2009 Premiership final, scoring a conversion and a penalty.[2] It was confirmed in April 2009 that he would remain at Leicester for the 2009-10 Guinness Premiership season,[3] but in June 2009, Leicester coach Richard Cockerill resigned himself to losing Dupuy to Stade Français. He was only halfway through a two-year deal but has reportedly been unsettled at Leicester because his French girlfriend was homesick.[4] After the end of the season, he left Leicester for Stade Français, where his 2009-10 Top 14 season was ended early by a 24-week ban for contact with the eye or eye area of Stephen Ferris during Stade's loss to Ulster in the 2009-10 Heineken Cup.[5] The ban was reduced to 23 weeks on appeal.[6]
France edit
Dupuy made his France debut on 13 June 2009 in the first Test against New Zealand at Carisbrook, Dunedin, a game that France won by 27 points to 22.[7][8]
References edit
- ^ "Tigers swoop for scrum-half Dupuy". BBC Sport. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Leicester 10-9 London Irish". BBC. 16 May 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Cockerill confirms Dupuy to stay". BBC Sport. 2009-04-11. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Leicester prepared for Dupuy exit". BBC Sport. 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/5019_14988.php [dead link]
- ^ "Julien Dupuy's gouging ban shortened by one week". BBC Sport. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ "Scrum-half Dupuy given France nod". BBC Sport. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
- ^ "France secure historic win in NZ". BBC Sport. 2009-06-13. Retrieved 2009-06-13.