Full name | Lionel Campergue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 November 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 98 kg (216 lb; 15 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lionel Campergue (born 24 November 1987) is a French-born Portuguese rugby union player who plays as a hooker. [1] [2] [3]
Campergue joined Pau Espoirs at 17 in 2004. He went on to make his debut in 2011 for the ProD2 side. For 4 years he played with the French side before leaving to join Colomiers. [4]
In his first season with Colomiers he helped them gain promotion to the ProD2. After a season returning to the ProD2 with only 6 appearances, Campergue joins Fédérale 1 side CA Périgueux. [4]
He spent 2 years at the club before joining rival side AS Macon Rugby. [4]
After only 14 appearances at the Fédérale 1 side he left. [4]
In 2016 he joined US Cognac playing one season before the team merged with Rugby Athletic Club Angérien to form Union Cognac Saint-Jean-d'Angély, where Campergue stayed for another 4 years. [4]
He joined Bassin d'Arcachon in 2021. [4] He announced he was retiring after the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Qualifying through his Portuguese mother, [5] he made his debut for the Portuguese national team in 2010 against the USA. He helped his national team qualify for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. [6]
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