Virgile Lacombe
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| Personal information | |||
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| Born | 7 July 1984 Brou-sur-Chantereine, France |
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| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 103 kg (16 st 3 lb) | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Hooker | ||
| Current club | Racing Métro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| –1999 | Nîmes | () | |
| 2004–11 | Toulouse | 131 | (45) |
| 2011–12 | Brive | 20 | (15) |
| 2012 | → Toulouse | 7 | (5) |
| 2013 | Eastern Province Kings | 3 | (5) |
| 2013 | Kings | 4 | (0) |
| 2013– | Racing Métro | 53 | (30) |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 31 January 2015. |
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Virgile Lacombe (born 7 July 1984 in Brou-sur-Chantereine, France) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Racing Métro. His usual position is hooker.[1]
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Career
He started his career at Nîmes, but moved to Toulouse for the 1999–2000 French Rugby Union Championship. During seven seasons at Toulouse, he made 131 appearances and won the Top 14 championship in 2007–08 and 2010–11, as well as the Heineken Cup in 2004–05 and the 2009–10.
He then joined CA Brive for the 2011–12 Top 14 season, but returned to Toulouse the following season as a medical joker.
2013 Southern Kings Super Rugby season
He joined the Kings for the 2013 Super Rugby season.[2]
He didn't feature in their first three games, but was then named in their touring squad to Australasia for games against Crusaders, Hurricanes, Brumbies and Rebels,.[3] However, he was then recalled[4] after the Kings fielded more than the allowed two foreigner players in their match against the Chiefs.[5] Instead, he make three appearances for the Eastern Province Kings in the domestic 2013 Vodacom Cup tournament, scoring a try in the match against the Border Bulldogs.[6]
Following an injury to New Zealander Hadleigh Parkes,[7] he was eligible for selection again and made his debut for the Kings in their match against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.[8] He also made substitute appearances in the next three matches against the Waratahs, Highlanders and the return match against the Cheetahs.
Return to France
He signed a deal to return to France to play for Racing Métro for 2013–14[9] and left the Kings in July 2013.
Honours
- Top 14 – 2007–08 and 2010–11 with Toulouse
- Heineken Cup – 2004–05 and 2009–10 with Toulouse
References
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- French rugby union players
- Stade Toulousain players
- CA Brive players
- Eastern Province Kings players
- Southern Kings players
- French expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in South Africa
- French expatriates in South Africa
