Yoann Huget ([jo.an y.ʒe]; born 2 June 1987) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a wing or fullback.
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| Birth name | Yoann Huget | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 June 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pamiers, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb; 212 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career edit
Club edit
He started his rugby career playing for Stade Toulousain in the 2005–06 Top 14 season. He scored his first try in November 2006 against CA Brive. He joined SU Agen in the 2008–09 Rugby Pro D2 competition. He scored 14 tries for Agen in that season and was the top try-scorer of the season. He played a few more games the following season before signing up with the Top 14 side, Bayonne. He returned to Stade Toulousain at the beginning of the 2012–13 Top 14 season.
International edit
After having an impressive start in the 2010–11 Top 14 season, he was selected into the France national rugby team for the 2010 end of year rugby tests. He made his international debut for France on 20 November 2010 against Argentina on the right wing. He was initially selected in France's provisional squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup but had to withdraw after missing a number of doping tests.[2] He was selected for the 2015 Rugby World Cup but picked up a cruciate ligament injury in the first game against Italy and was replaced in the squad by Rémy Grosso.[3]
International edit
International tries edit
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 23 June 2012 | Estadio José Fierro, Tucumán, Argentina |  Argentina
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3–21 | 10–49 | 2012 France tour of Argentina |
| 2 | 3–42 | |||||
| 3 | 23 November 2013 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France |  South Africa
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5–13 | 10–19 | 2013 Autumn Internationals |
| 4 | 1 February 2014 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France |  England
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5–0 | 26–24 | 2014 Six Nations |
| 5 | 13–3 | |||||
| 6 | 8 March 2014 | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland |  Scotland
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14–14 | 17–19 | |
| 7 | 22 August 2015 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | England
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20–6 | 25–20 | 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up |
| 8 | 12 November 2016 | Stadium Municipal, Toulouse, France |  Samoa
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16–3 | 52–8 | 2016 Autumn Internationals |
| 9 | 1 February 2019 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France |  Wales
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10–0 | 19–24 | 2019 Six Nations |
| 10 | 23 February 2019 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | Scotland
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15–3 | 27–10 | 2019 Six Nations |
| 11 | 10 March 2019 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland |  Ireland
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26–5 | 26–14 | 2019 Six Nations |
| 12 | 16 March 2019 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy |  Italy
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15–9 | 25–14 | 2019 Six Nations |
| 13 | 30 August 2019 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | Italy
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5–0 | 47–19 | 2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up |
| 14 | 2 October 2019 | Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium, Fukuoka, Japan |  United States
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5–0 | 33–9 | 2019 Rugby World Cup |
Honours edit
Club edit
References edit
- ^ "Rugby World Cup". Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ "FRANCE WINGER HUGET DROPPED AFTER MISSING DRUG TESTS". sixnationsrugby.com. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "France left reeling after Yoann Huget ruled out for rest of Rugby World Cup". Guardian. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
External links edit
- Player Profile in lequipe.fr
- Profile
- Itsrugby profile
- English rugby cup profile
Media related to Yoann Huget at Wikimedia Commons
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