Birth name | Pierre Boudehent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 February 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Angers, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 107 kg (16 st 12 lb; 236 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pierre Boudehent (born 6 February 1998) is a French rugby union player, who currently plays as a centre or a wing for La Rochelle in the Top 14 and the Heineken Champions Cup.
Pierre Boudehent started rugby in Angers, then moved to Nantes in 2013 and finally joined the La Rochelle youth system in 2015. [1]
On 7 November 2022, Boudehent was first called by Fabien Galthié to the France national team for the Autumn internationals. [2]
Boudehent is the older brother of Paul Boudehent, who also plays at La Rochelle as a flanker. [3]
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