CS Bourgoin-Jallieu is a French rugby union club competing in the third level of the French league system, Nationale.
Andrew David Farrell, is an English rugby union coach, and a former rugby league and rugby union player. He has been head coach of the Ireland national team since 2019.
The New Caledonia rugby league team represents the French territory of New Caledonia at rugby league football and has been participating in international competition since 2003. Rugby League in New Caledonia is run under the auspices of the French Rugby League Federation, the Fédération Française de Rugby à Treize.
Andrew Trimble is a former Irish rugby union player who played for Ulster and represented Ireland at international level.
Mauro Bergamasco is a former Italian rugby union footballer who last played for Zebre. He predominantly played as an open-side flanker, although his versatility means that he had also played a number of international games on the wing, and started at scrum-half in an infamously error-prone performance. He was considered to be one of Italy's best players in his preferred position.
Fabien Pelous is a retired French rugby union footballer. A lock who also occasionally played as a number eight and flanker, he played the bulk of his professional career for Stade Toulousain, and is the all-time leader in appearances for the France national team. He retired as the most-capped lock for any nation in rugby history, with 100 of his 118 France appearances at that position, a record later broken by South Africa's Victor Matfield. Pelous was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2017.
Pascal Papé is a former French rugby union footballer.
Julien Bonnaire is a former French rugby union footballer, who played for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in the Top 14 competition in France until the 2006–2007 season. He moved to ASM Clermont Auvergne during the summer of 2007. Bonnaire retired from International rugby after the 2012 Six Nations. However, he continued to play for club side, ASM Clermont Auvergne. Capping a decade of success between 2007 and 2017, before retiring and moving into coaching. He was most recently an assistant for France specialising in lineouts.
Stade Rochelais, commonly called La Rochelle, is a French rugby union club who compete in the Top 14.
Dimitri Pelo is a French former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL. He has previously played for Montpellier Herault RC after switching codes in 2010 and for the Catalans Dragons club of the Super League. He plays as a wing or fullback.
Ben Alexander is an Australian rugby union and finska player. He plays first-tier, professional rugby for the Greater Sydney Rams in the Australian domestic National Rugby Championship competition and for the Brumbies in the Super Rugby competition. Alexander has also played for the Australian national rugby union team, the Wallabies.
Rugby union in Wallis and Futuna is a popular sport within the French overseas territory.
Eben Etzebeth is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the South Africa national team and Sharks in the United Rugby Championship. His regular playing position is as a number 4 lock.
The Wallis and Futuna national rugby sevens team is a minor national team that competes in the Pacific Games and in regional tournaments.
Tomás Lavanini is an Argentine rugby union player who plays as a second row for ASM Clermont Auvergne in France's Top 14. He previously played for Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby and the Argentine Super Rugby side Jaguares, before joining the Jaguares, he had played the 2014–15 Top 14 season with French side Racing Métro.
Jerónimo de la Fuente is an Argentine rugby union footballer who plays as a centre for USAP Perpignan and the Argentina national rugby union team.
Felipe Sancery is a Brazilian rugby union player. He made his debut for Brazil against Chile at the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship. His twin is also a Brazilian international, Daniel Sancery. They were both named in Brazil's men's sevens team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Antoine Dupont is a French professional rugby union player. He currently plays at scrum half for Toulouse in the Top 14 and captains the France national team. In 2021, Dupont won World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year. He is considered, by many, to be the best player in the world and one of the best scrum-halves to ever play the game.
Damian Penaud is a French professional rugby union player, who plays as a wing or a centre for Top 14 club Clermont and the France national team.
Grégory Alldritt is a French rugby union player, currently playing in the back row and mostly as a number eight, for Top 14 side La Rochelle.
