Stade Toulousain, also referred to as Toulouse, is a professional rugby union club based in Toulouse, France. They compete in the Top 14, France's top division of rugby, and the European Rugby Champions Cup.
Union Sportive Dax Rugby Landes, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Pro D2, the second level of the French league system.
Gonzalo Matías Longo Elía is a retired Argentine rugby union footballer. His position was number eight.
Jean-Pierre Hortoland is a French rugby union player. At 1m 80 and 102 kg, he played left prop for AS Béziers and RC NarbonneArmand Vaquerin replaced him at Béziers from the 1971/1972 season.
Gonçalo Uva is a former Portuguese rugby union player. He played as a lock.
Walter Spanghero is a former French rugby union footballer. His father, Ferruccio Dante Spanghero, emigrated from Friuli, arriving in France in the 1930s to make a living as a bricklayer. He was a part of the France national team which won the 1968 Grand Slam in the Five Nations. He was also a part of the French side which won the Five Nations in 1967 and 1973. He played for France over 50 times. He played at number 8, lock and flanker. He famously had a very stormy relationship with his brother, Claude, who was also an international rugby player for France.
Nicolas Spanghero is a French rugby union player. He plays as a lock.
Tyrone Smith is an Australian-Tongan professional rugby union and rugby league footballer. He is currently signed to the French Rugby Pro D2 team RC Narbonne. Smith previously played Super Rugby with the Brumbies and Super League with the London Broncos/Harlequins RL. His usual position is centre (RU) or wing (RL).
In July and August 1968, the French national rugby union team toured New Zealand and Australia. They played three tests against New Zealand and one against Australia, losing all four.
The 1972 France rugby union tour of Australia was a series of nine matches played by the France national rugby union team in Australia in May and June 1972. The French team went through the tour unbeaten by winning eight of its nine matches and drawing the other. France won the two-match test series against Australia 1–0 with the other match drawn. As of 2018 this remains France's only series victory on Australian soil.
Salesi Ma'afu, is an Australian professional rugby union footballer.
Huia Edmonds is an Australian retired professional rugby union footballer. He played for the Waratahs, Stormers and the Brumbies in Super Rugby before earning four caps for Australia playing at hooker. He later played for Gloucester in England and RC Narbonne in France.
Racing Club de Narbonne Méditerannée is a French rugby union club that play in the second-level Pro D2.
Raoul Barrière was a French rugby union player and a coach. He played as a prop.
Didier Codorniou is a former French rugby union player and a French politician. He played as a Centre.
Luke Hume, nicknamed the "Bald Eagle", is an American former rugby union and rugby league footballer who plays for the USA Eagles and USA 7s rugby teams. He currently plays Wing and Fullback for Rugby United New York (RUNY) in Major League Rugby (MLR).
The 1973-74 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Narbonne in the final.
Spanghero is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Patrick Estève is a former French rugby union player and a current coach. He played as wing. He was nicknamed TGV.
Pierre Darbos was a French rugby union player who played as flanker. He completed his entire career with the French club of the US Dax. With an international selection with the France team, he plays most of his career in the US Dax, but also RC Narbonne.
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