Athanase Dali (born 9 September 1967) is a former Ivorian rugby union player. He played as a fly-half.
The son of François Dali, the main introducer of rugby in Côte d'Ivoire, he graduated in Journalism in France in 1995. He played for Clamart Rugby 92 in France.
He had 7 caps for Côte d'Ivoire, scoring 2 conversions, 8 penalties and 1 drop goal, 31 points in aggregate. His debut was at 26 October 1993 in the 19-16 win over Tunisia in Tunes for the 1995 Rugby World Cup qualifiers, in a game where he scored a conversion, three penalties and one drop goal. After the surprising qualification of Côte d'Ivoire for the 1995 Rugby World Cup, he was the captain in their first game, an 89-0 loss to Scotland. He missed the following game and returned, as a substitute for the 29-11 loss to Tonga, at 3 June 1995, in Rustenburg, scoring two penalties. It would be his last game for his National Team.
The Namibia national rugby union team represents Namibia in men's international rugby union competitions nicknamed the Welwitschias, are a tier-two nation in the World Rugby tier system, and have participated in the six Rugby World Cup competitions since their first appearance in 1999. They are governed by the Namibia Rugby Union.
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson, CBE is an English former rugby union player. A fly-half, he played for Newcastle Falcons and Toulon and represented England and the British & Irish Lions. He is particularly known for scoring the winning drop goal in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final and is widely acknowledged as one of the best rugby union players of all time.
The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country.
Christopher Douglas Paterson, MBE is an ambassador and specialist coach for the Scotland and Edinburgh rugby union teams. He is a former professional rugby union player who played for Scotland and, for the most part of his career, Edinburgh. Paterson is Scotland's record points scorer with 809 points and second most-capped player with 109 caps. He was capable of playing in a range of positions, including fullback, wing and fly-half.
The Morocco national rugby union team are a national sporting side, representing Morocco in rugby union. The team is also known as the Atlas Lions. Morocco is governed by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Rugby. Morocco competes in the Africa Cup annually. The team has won the competition in 2003 and 2005. They usually play their internationals in Casablanca.
The Ivory Coast's only Rugby World Cup appearance was in 1995 when they were placed in Pool D with France, Scotland, and Tonga.
David Bortolussi is a French-born Italian rugby union footballer. He usually plays at full back or on the wing.
Keiji Hirose, born April 16, 1973, in Osaka) is a former Japanese rugby union player. He played as a fly-half. His club team was Toyota Verblitz. He was nicknamed Golden Boots.
Jonathan Jeremiah Sexton is an Irish professional rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for and captains both United Rugby Championship club Leinster and the Ireland national team.
Dănuț Marin "Dan" Dumbravă is a former Romanian rugby union footballer and current head coach of CSA Steaua București. He played as a fly-half and a fullback.
Rugby union in Ivory Coast is essentially amateur, with some degree of semi-professionalization in its top-flight league and the national rugby union team.
Sébastien Viars is a former French rugby union footballer. He was nicknamed "The Compass". He played as a centre and as a wing.
Mark Andrew Wyatt is a Canadian former rugby union footballer. He played as a fullback and sometimes as a fly-half.
Malkhaz Urjukashvili is a Georgian rugby union player. He plays as a wing.
Victor Kouassi is a former Ivorian rugby union player. He played as a fullback.
Guy Laporte was a French rugby union player and a sports executive. He played as a fly-half.
Massimo Bonomi is a former Italian rugby union player and a sports manager. He played as a centre.
Bernard Foley is an Australian rugby player of Irish descent. He plays professionally for the Australia national rugby team and the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby. He can cover both fullback and fly-half as well as inside centre. Foley has earned the nickname "the iceman" after successful game winning penalty goals, 2 August 2014, 18 October 2015.
Paliko Jimsheladze is a former Georgian rugby union player. He played as a fly-half.
Thierry Teixeira is a French-born Portuguese former rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half.
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