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| Date of birth | 13 February 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Mondavezan, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 124 kg (273 lb; 19 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bastien Chalureau (born 13 February 1992) is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Top 14 club Montpellier and the France national team.
Born in Mondavezan, Haute-Garonne, Bastien Chalureau started rugby in Cazères and then joined Toulouse youth system in 2009. [1]
On 5 March 2020, Chalureau joined Montpellier on a loan deal, [2] and then signed permanently on 22 May. [3] Thereafter, he won 2020–21 Challenge Cup and 2021–22 Top 14 with the Hérault side.
On 7 November 2022, Chalureau was first called by Fabien Galthié to the France national team for the Autumn internationals. [4]
Bastien Chalureau was sentenced in 2020, after an assault against two other rugby players in Toulouse, to a six months suspended prison sentence. Then a player at Stade Toulousain, he was fired by his club.
