Jean Rouqueirol (19 April 1933 – 19 February 2014[1]) was a French rugby league player. He played as fullback, loose forward.
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| Born | 19 April 1933 Aramon, Gard, Occitania, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 February 2011 (aged 77) Avignon, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | fullback, loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editAt club level, he first played for SO Avignon, along with his brothers Claude and Fernand.[2] He later played for RC Roanne and then for Marseille XIII.[3]
Rouqueirol also represented France between 1955 and 1959, including at the 1957 Rugby League World Cup.[4]
After retiring as player, he became a coach, coaching SO Avignon, which won the Lord Derby Cup in 1982.[3]
Honours
edit- Rugby league:
- French Championship :
- Finalist in 1956 (SO Avignon)
- Lord Derby Cup:
- 2 times champion: 1954 and 1955 (SO Avignon)
- 2 times finalist: 1957 and 1958 (SO Avignon)
- French Championship :
References
edit- ^ "Espace de Recueillement de Jean ROUQUEIROL".
- ^ Laborderie, Renaud de (1 January 1968). Le rugby dans le sang (in French). (Calmann-Lévy) réédition numérique FeniXX. ISBN 978-2-7062-0248-3.
- ^ a b "Hommages à Jean ROUQUEIROL". amicale-coupo-santo.sportsregions.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "Jean Rouqueirol - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
External links
edit- Jean Rouqueirol at rugbyleagueproject.com