Gérald Merceron
| Birth name | Gérald Merceron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 February 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cognac, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gérald Merceron (born 25 February 1973) is a French former rugby union player He played at
He played for RC Toulon, ASM Clermont Auvergne and La Rochelle, where he retired at the end of the 2007/08 season.
He had 32 caps for France, from 1999 to 2003. He made his test debut on 3 June 1999 as a replacement against Romania, in a game won by 65–8, aged 26 years old. Merceron amassed an impressive 267 test points during his 32 appearances for the French side during 4 years, slotting 57 penalties, 36 conversions and 3 drop goals as well as scoring 3 tries. He was the highest scorer in the French Grand Slam of the 2002 Six Nations Championship with 80 points. His final appearance in a French jersey was in the third/fourth place play-off match against New Zealand during the 2003 Rugby World Cup, in a game lost by 40–13.[1]
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