Dominique Bouet

Dominique Bouet

Date of birth	(1964-03-31)31 March 1964
Place of birth	Sort-en-Chalosse, France
Date of death	2 July 1990(1990-07-02) (aged 26)
Place of death	Nouméa, New Caledonia
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	236 lb (107 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1986–90 US Dax () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1989–90 France 5 (0)

Dominique Bouet (31 March 1964 — 2 July 1990) was a French international rugby union player. ^[1]

Biography

A native of Landes, Bouet started playing rugby as a youth at AS Monfort and in 1984 transferred to US Dax, where he would spend his career. He made his senior debut for US Dax in the 1986–87 season. ^[2]

Bouet won a France call up for the 1989 tour of New Zealand and featured in both Tests against the All Blacks. He was capped a further two times that year, in home internationals against the British Lions and Wallabies. In 1990, Bouet returned to the southern hemisphere for a tour of Australia and gained his fifth cap in the 3rd Test in Sydney. ^[3]

On the way home from Australia, the French team stopped over in Nouméa for several days of rest. After a night of celebration, Bouet suffered cardiac arrest in his hotel room and was found dead on the floor by his teammates. ^{[4] [5]}

See also

• List of France national rugby union players

References

1. "Sa Derniere Mi-Temps". L'Humanité (in French). 3 July 1990.
2. "Bouet, Capendéguy, Bergès-Cau, ne les oublions pas". Rugbyrama (in French). 26 October 2015.
3. "Bouet found dead in hotel". The Canberra Times . 3 July 1990. p. 22 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "French Rugby Player Found Dead". Los Angeles Times . 2 July 1990.
5. "Dominique Bouet pilier du XV de France meurt d'un arrêt cardiaque". Le Monde (in French). 3 July 1990.

External links

• Dominique Bouet at ESPNscrum