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 Julien Bardy at a training for ASM Clermont Auvergne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Clermont-Ferrand, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Julien de Sousa Bardy (born Clermont-Ferrand, 3 April 1986) is a French-born Portuguese former rugby union player. He played as a flanker.
He played for ASM Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14 since 2009/10 to 2016/17. He won twice the Top 14 in 2009/10 and 2016/17. He played afterwards for Montpellier Hérault RC, from 2017/18 to 2019/20, when he finished his career, aged 34 years old. [1]
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