Clément Laporte

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Clément Laporte
Date of birth (1998-01-07) January 7, 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Pessac, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight84 kg (13 st 3 lb; 185 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full-back, wing
Current team Section Paloise
Youth career
2006–2013Parentis SR
2013–2015 Union Bordeaux Bègles
2015–2019 SU Agen
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017–2019 SU Agen 16 (20)
2019–2022 Lyon OU 30 (20)
2016–2017 Section Paloise 27 (35)
2015–Total103(75)
Correct as of April 4, 2024
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016–2018 France U20 7 (0)
2019–2021 French Barbarians 2 (5)
Correct as of April 4, 2024

Clément Laporte (born January 7, 1998) is a French rugby union player who plays as a full back or wing for Section Paloise in the Top 14 competition. He made his Top 14 debut with his club on September 30, 2017. [1]

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Playing career

Clément Laporte began playing rugby in 2006 with Parentis Sport Rugby. [2] In 2013, he joined the youth academy of Union Bordeaux Bègles before transferring to the SU Agen youth academy in 2015. [3]

Club career

SU Agen (2017-2019)

Clément Laporte debuted for SU Agen's first team in the Top 14 on September 30, 2017, against Stade Toulousain. During his first professional season, he played 16 Top 14 matches and scored 2 tries, along with two EPCR Challenge Cup matches.

Clément Laporte made his debut for the SU Agen first team during the 6th round of the Top 14 on September 30, 2017, against as a starter. He scored his first try in the Top 14 on November 18, 2017, against Union Bordeaux Bègles. In his first professional season, he played 16 Top 14 matches and scored 2 tries, along with two EPCR Challenge Cup matches.

In July 2018, he signed an espoir (young talent) contract with SU Agen until 2020. [4]

During the 2018–2019 season, he played 25 Top 14 matches and scored two tries. He also played three EPCR Challenge Cup matches.

In November 2018, he was selected for the French Barbarians to face Tonga at Stade Chaban-Delmas in Bordeaux. Starting as a wing, he scored a try during the match. The Baa-Baas lost 38–49 against Tonga.

In January 2019, Lyon OU announced that Clément Laporte would join the club starting from the 2019–2020 season. [4]

Lyon OU (2019-2022)

During the 2019–2020 season, he only played one match in September 2019 against RC Toulon. [4]

In November 2021, he was once again called up to the French Barbarians to face Tonga at Matmut Stadium in Lyon. The Baa-Baas won 42–17 with six tries scored.

During the following two seasons, he played only twenty Top 14 matches and six European Cup matches. [5]

Section Paloise (since 2022)

During the 2022 offseason, he signed with Section Paloise until 2025. [3]

He played his first match with Pau in the opening round of the Top 14 against USA Perpignan as a starter. In December 2022, during the match against CA Brive, he suffered a medial collateral ligament sprain in his knee and was sidelined for six weeks. He returned to competition at the end of January 2023 for the last Challenge Cup match against the Cheetahs. During the 2022–2023 season, Laporte played 20 Top 14 matches and scored 6 tries, primarily as a winger.

During the 2023–2024 season, he scored his first try of the season in the 3rd round against Lyon OU. Laporte established himself as a winger but also became a credible alternative for the full-back position. [5]

However, during the 7th round of the 2023-2024 Top 14 season, Section Paloise faced Aviron Bayonnais as co-leaders of the league. Clément Laporte ruptured his Achilles tendon just 4 minutes into the game. He underwent surgery, and his season came to an end. [6]

International career

In 2018, he won the World Rugby U20 Championship with France. [3]

In December 2020, he was called up by Fabien Galthié to the French national team to prepare for the Autumn Nations Cup final against England. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Clément LAPORTE | Section Paloise | LNR - Site Officiel". Ligue Nationale de Rugby (in French). Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  2. ↑ "CLEMENT LAPORTE - L'ECOLE DE RUGBY PARENTISSOISE CHAMPIONNE DU MONDE ! VENEZ LA REJOINDRE". Promotion Du Rugby De Nouvelle Aquitaine (in French). June 17, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Clément LAPORTE". www.section-paloise.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 "La fiche rugby de : Clément LAPORTE". www.allrugby.com (in French). Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Top 14 - Section Paloise : Clément Laporte, l'homme pressé". LaRepubliqueDesPyrenees (in French). June 15, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Top 14 : saison terminée pour le Palois Clément Laporte, opéré avec succès d'une rupture du tendon d'Achille". Le Figaro (in French). November 23, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
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