Max Barrau

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Max Barrau
Date of birth (1950-11-26) 26 November 1950 (age 73)
Place of birth Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight150 lb (68 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1971–74 France 15 (4)

Max Barrau (born 26 November 1950) is a French former rugby union international.

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Barrau, born in Beaumont-de-Lomagne, was one of four sons of Stade Beaumontois club president Albert Barrau. [1]

Capped 15 times, Barrau was France's preferred scrum-half between 1971 and 1974. He had a place on both the 1971 tour of South Africa and 1972 tour of Australia. In 1973, Barrau was amongst France's best players in their win over the All Blacks at the Parc des Princes. He captained France in their 1974 Five Nations Championship opener against Ireland, which they won through an injury time penalty kick by Jean-Louis Bérot. [2]

Barrau drew the ire of the French federation in 1974 after a third change of clubs in three seasons. The federation was keen to discourage such practice in an amateur competition and the transfer commission gave Barrau a "red playing license" for his request to return to his training club Stade Beaumontois. This meant he had to sit out of first team rugby at Stade Beaumontois for two seasons and ended his time in the national team. [3] [4]

His nephew, Mathieu Barrau, was also a scrum-half for France. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Les tribunes Albert-Barrau inaugurées". La Dépêche (in French). 7 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "French Victory Was Well Merited". Belfast News-Letter . 21 January 1974.
  3. ↑ "Barrau ban sparks off French rugby scandal". Newcastle Evening Chronicle . 19 October 1974.
  4. ↑ Prévot, Jérôme (26 June 2016). "Barrau ou l'histoire d'un capitaine sacrifié". Rugbyrama (in French).
  5. ↑ "Mathieu Barrau : "Je ne conçois pas une journée sans sport"". La Dépêche (in French). 23 November 2014.
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