Lionel Nallet
Birth name | Lionel Nallet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 September 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bourg-en-Bresse, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lionel Nallet (born 14 September 1976) is a former French
Lyon OU
between 2012 and 2015.
Nallet made his international debut for France on 28 May 2000 in a test match against
Dinamo Stadium. France won the match 67–20, with Nallet scoring a try on debut. He next played for his country the following year, in a match against England during the 2001 Six Nations Championship. Nallet made another five appearances for France that year, playing in test matches against the South Africa, the New Zealand, Australia and Fiji
.
In 2003 Nallet played in matches against Argentina and New Zealand. However, he was not included in the squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia or in 2004. He played four times for France during November 2005. He was a part of France's 2006 Six Nations Championship victory and was subsequently included in the national squad for the mid-year tests against Romania and the Springboks.
In 2008, following the retirement of Raphaël Ibañez, he was named as captain of the French side.
On 30 April 2009, it was announced that Nallet had signed a 3-year contract with
Pro D2 to the Top 14 after the club won the 2008–09 Championship. He was joined at the club by the iconic Sébastien Chabal, who also signed a 3-year contract with the club.[2]
References
- International Rugby Board. Archived from the originalon 1 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "Sebastien Chabal and Lionel Nallet join Racing-Metro". The Daily Telegraph. UK. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
External links
- RBS 6 Nations profile
- Lionel Nallet on statistics.scrum.com
- Lionel Nallet on lequipe.fr