Louis Picamoles
Date of birth | 5 February 1986 | ||
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Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||
Weight | 116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb)[1] | ||
Rugby union career | |||
Current status | |||
Position(s) | Back row | ||
Playing career | |||
Position | Number eight, Flanker | ||
Professional / senior clubs | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2004–2009 2009–2016 2016– |
Montpellier Toulouse Northampton Saints |
64 150 |
(55) (110) |
correct as of 25 August 2015. | |||
National team(s) | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2008– | France | 52 | (30) |
correct as of 6 February 2016. |
Louis Picamoles (born 5 February 1986) is a French rugby union player who plays for Toulouse in the Top 14. Picamoles's preferred position is at number eight, which is his regular position.
Club career
Picamoles began his club career at Montpellier in 1999 and played for the club for ten years, in which he picked up 64 appearances. His first professional match was on 2 October 2004 against Auch during the 2004–05 Top 16 season. His last match was 16 May 2009, during the 2008–09 Top 14 season against Toulon. For the 2009–10 Top 14 season, he signed with Toulouse, where in his debut season, he was part of the team that made it all the way to the semi-finals, losing to eventual runners-up Perpignan 19–6. In that season, his debut with Toulouse was a narrow 16–17 win against Montauban. On 2 November 2015, Picamoles marks his move to England for the first time to join Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership on a three-year deal from the 2016-17 season.[2]
International career
Picamoles has been a familiar face in the French national squad since making his debut in 2008 - which was a 26–21 victory over Ireland during the 2008 Six Nations Championship. It was during the 2008 end-of-year rugby union internationals that Picamoles scored his first try, scoring against the Pacific Islanders on 15 November. Though being part of the 2010 Six Nations Championship squad, Picamoles did not appear once in any of the five tests, in what turned out to be a Grand Slam campaign for Les Blues.[3][4] He was part of the 2011 Rugby World Cup squad that came runners-up to the All Blacks, only playing in three tests during the campaign. After being dropped by Philippe Saint-André for most of the 2014 calendar year, a return to form with strong performances for Toulouse, saw Louis recalled to the French squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship./
International tries
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result (FRA-Opp.) | Competition |
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1. | 15 November 2008 | Stade Bonal, Sochaux, France | Pacific Islanders | | Test Match |
2. | 16 June 2012 | Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Cordoba, Argentina | Argentina | | Test Match |
3. | 10 November 2012 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | Australia | | Test Match |
4. | 3 February 2013 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy | Italy | | Six Nations Championship |
5. | 9 March 2013 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland | Ireland | | Six Nations Championship |
6. | 9 February 2014 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | Italy | | Six Nations Championship |
7. | 17 October 2015 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales | New Zealand | | 2015 Rugby World Cup |
References
- ↑ "Stade Toulousain". stadetoulousain.fr.
- ↑ "Northampton Saints sign Frnace number eight Louis Picamoles from Toulouse". Sky Sports. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ↑ "BBC Sport - Rugby Union - Bastareaud recalled for France's Six Nations opener". bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ Huw Richards. "Resolute France seal Grand Slam". ESPN scrum.
External links
- Media related to Louis Picamoles at Wikimedia Commons
- FFR profile (French)
- Louis Picamoles stats vs Australia
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