Max Spring

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Max Spring
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Birth nameMax Spring
Date of birth (2001-03-15) 15 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Saint-Palais, France
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Weight75 kg (11 st 11 lb; 165 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
Current team Racing 92
Youth career
2006–2016 Nafarroa [2]
2016–2019 Bayonne [2]
2019–2020 Racing 92 [2]
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020– Racing 92 44 (42)
Correct as of 30 October 2023
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022– France 1 (0)
Correct as of 9 July 2022

Max Spring (born 15 March 2001) is a French rugby union player. He currently plays as a fullback for Racing 92 in the Top 14.

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His father is a former New Zealand player who settled down in France and his mother is from French Basque Country. His brother, Tom Spring, plays for Bayonne.

Career

On 19 June 2022, Max Spring scored a late try with the Barbarians against England at Twickenham, during the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests. [3]

He was called by Fabien Galthié to the French national team for the first time in June 2022, for the summer tour of Japan. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Max Spring". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Max Spring". competitions.ffr.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Hapless England put to the sword by Galthie's Barbarians". Rugby Pass. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Ekin, Kim (20 June 2022). "Ollivon heads up hugely changed 42-man France squad in Japan". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
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