Date of birth | 13 September 1972 | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Oloron, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 226 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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David Laperne (born 13 September 1972) is a French former rugby union international. [1]
Born in Oloron, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Laperne was capped once by France as a replacement prop in a win over Romania at Bucharest's Dinamo Stadium in 1997. He played his rugby for CA Brive during this time and featured in the club's one-point loss to Bath in the 1998 Heineken Cup final. [2]
Laperne is the town of Oloron's first ever municipal police officer, following his appointment to the post in 2017. [3]
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