Axel Desperes

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Axel Desperes
Birth nameAxel Desperes Rigou
Date of birth (2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Pau, France
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (12 st 2 lb; 170 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half, Centre
Current team Section Paloise
Youth career
2009–2018Nord Béarn XV
2018–2022 Section Paloise
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022– Section Paloise 22 (48)
Correct as of 4 April 2024
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022–2023 France U20 5 (14)
Correct as of 04 April 2024

Axel Desperes (born 16 January 2004) is a France rugby union player who plays as a Fly-half for Pau in the Top 14 competition and the France national under-20 team. He made his Top 14 debut with his club on 28 January 2022.

Playing career

Desperes started rugby for his hometown club in 2009. In 2018, he signed with Pau and joined the Top 14 club at the end of the 2018–19 season. [1]

Axel Desperes, although he featured during the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, was regrettably not included in the roster of the world championship-winning team, the France national under-20 rugby union team, during the 2023 World Rugby U20 Championship. [2] Desperes made his EPCR Challenge Cup debut for Section Paloise in 2022 against Dragons RFC. [3] His Top 14 debut for Pau was against RC Toulon in the 2022–23 Top 14 season. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Axel DESPERES". www.section-paloise.com. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  2. ↑ "Desperes supreme as Pau topple Totoya Cheetahs | Challenge Cup". www.epcrugby.com. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  3. ↑ "Pau Vs Dragons RFC at Stade du Hameau, Pau 13th Jan 2023". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  4. ↑ "RC Toulon - Section Paloise - J16 - 2022-2023 | Top 14 - Site Officiel". Ligue Nationale de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-03.


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