Julien Bonnaire

Julien Bonnaire

Personal information
Full name	Julien Bonnaire
Date of birth	20 September 1978
Place of birth	Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	100 kg
Club information
Position	Flanker / Number Eight
Current club	ASM Clermont Auvergne
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) 2001-07 2007- CS Bourgoin-Jallieu ASM Clermont Auvergne 128 (70) 14t 181 (70) 14t
Representative teams**
2004-2012 France 75 (30) 6t
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only. ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 31 January 2015.

Julien Bonnaire (born 20 September 1978 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère)^[1] is a French rugby union footballer, who played for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in the Top 14 competition in France until the 2006–2007 season. He moved to ASM Clermont Auvergne during the summer of 2007. Bonnaire retired from International rugby after the 2012 6 Nations but will continue to play for ASM Clermont Auvergne where he has a contract till 2014.

Career

Bonnaire training with Clermont Auvergne

Bonnaire made his international debut for France in a match against Scotland on 21 March 2004 during the 2004 Six Nations Championship, as a replacement. He earned a further two caps for France that year, in tests against Australia and the All Blacks. The following year he was in the starting lineup for France in all five of their 2005 Six Nations Championship matches as well as the June/July tests against the South African Springboks and Australia. He scored his first try during the 18 June test against the Springboks.

He received another three test caps in November of that year. The following year he again played in every match at the 2006 Six Nations Championship, which France eventually won.

He played in the 2011 Rugby World Cup final.

References

1. Julien Bonnaire player profile ESPN-Scrum.com

External links

• RBS 6 Nations profile
• Julien Bonnaire on lequipe.fr
• Julien Bonnaire on sporting-heroes.net