Martin Gleeson is an English rugby league coach and former professional player. He represented both Great Britain and England internationally as a centre. His clubs as a player include the Huddersfield Giants, St Helens, the Warrington Wolves, the Wigan Warriors, Hull F.C. and the Salford City Reds. His honours include winning the Super League in 2002 and 2010 and the Challenge Cup in 2004.
Alessandro Troncon is a former Italian rugby union player.
Corentin da Silva Martins is a French former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, currently a manager.
Nicolas Roche is an Irish cyclist, who competes in gravel cycling for his own NR GRVL team. He is also a former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2021 for seven different teams.
Matías Agüero is an Italian Argentine rugby union player who plays as a prop for Leicester Tigers.
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was played in France between 7 September and 20 October 2007. Each of the 20 competing nations was required to confirm their 30-man squad by 14 August. United States player Thretton Palamo, aged 18 when the teams were named and 8 days past his 19th birthday when he made his only appearance in the competition, was the youngest to ever take part at a World Cup final stage.
Jarrod Sammut is a Maltese international rugby league footballer who plays as a stand-off or scrum-half for the Bradford Bulls in the RFL Championship.
Portugal has appeared at the Rugby World Cup twice, in 2007 and 2023.
Events from the year 1977 in France.
Events from the year 1976 in France.
Alexander David Goode is an English professional rugby union player playing for Saracens in Premiership Rugby.
Osvaldo Fabián Nicolás "Nico" Gaitán is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Sarmiento.
Nicolás Hernán Gonzalo Otamendi is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains Primeira Liga club Benfica.
Federico Nicolás Sánchez is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for Japan Rugby League One club Tokyo Sungoliath and the Argentina national team.
Levani Botia is a Fijian rugby union footballer. Nicknamed "Demolition Man", he plays centre, flanker and wing for La Rochelle and his national team, Fiji.
Diego Nicolás de la Cruz Arcosa is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A club Flamengo and the Uruguay national team.
Thomas Ramos is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a fullback for Top 14 club Toulouse and the France national team. Ramos is considered to be one of the best fullbacks and place-kickers in the world.
Josh Iosefa-Scott is an England qualified, New Zealand professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Premiership Rugby club Exeter Chiefs.
Jac Morgan is a Welsh rugby union player, who plays in the backrow for the Ospreys and Wales. He is the current captain of the Wales national rugby union team.
Charles Joseph Atkinson is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for Gallagher Premiership club Gloucester Rugby.
