Thierry Picard

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Thierry Picard
Date of birth(1956-11-10)10 November 1956
Place of birth Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Date of death15 May 2025(2025-05-15) (aged 68)
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight236 lb (107 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back-row / Lock
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1985–86 France 3 (0)

Thierry Picard (10 November 1956 – 15 May 2025) was a French international rugby union player. [1]

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Life and career

Picard was born in Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne on 10 November 1956. He spent most of his career with AS Montferrand. [2]

A backrower and lock, Picard won three France caps, debuting against the Pumas on the 1985 tour. The following year, Picard played a home international against Romania, then returned to Argentina and gained his third cap. [3] Thierry died from a cardiac arrest on 15 May 2025, at the age of 68. [4]

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References

  1. "Thierry Picard, rugbyman de l'équipe de France de rugby". www.equipe-france.fr.
  2. "Le sécurisant M.-Dumitras". La Dépêche (in French). 12 February 1999.
  3. "Test blow for France". The Sydney Morning Herald . 7 June 1986.
  4. "Nécrologie : Thierry Picard, joueur de l'ASM entre 1979 et 1987". La Montagne. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.