Birth name | Lionel Faure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 26 November 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montauban, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 18 st 6 lb (117 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lionel Faure (born 26 November 1977 in France) is a rugby union player for Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14. Faure plays as a Loosehead prop, and previously played for the Sale Sharks and won the 2005–06 Guinness Premiership with them, starting in the final. [1]
He was called up to the France squad for the 2008 Six Nations [2] and played in the 2009 Six Nations. Altogether he has played in five matches in the tournament.
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