William Barthau

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Personal information
Full nameWilliam Barthau
Born (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 (age 33)
Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Aquitaine, France
Playing information
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight13 st 1 lb (83 kg)
Position Scrum-half
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2010–14 Catalans Dragons 19622068
2010(Loan)Toulouse Olympique 10000
2011(Loan)Dewsbury Rams 60000
2015–17 London Broncos 5427230154
2018–20 Toulouse Olympique 50201063
Total13053460285
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2009–20 France 120113
Source: [1] [2]

William Barthau is a French retired international rugby league footballer who most recently played as a scrum-half for Toulouse Olympique in the Betfred Championship and the French national side.

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Background

Barthau was born in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Aquitaine, France.

Career

Catalans Dragons

He was a trainee at the Dragons since the start of the 2009 season, and signed part-time in July 2009. In 2010 he signed his first professional contract. He was handed the number 16 jersey for 2010. Despite only being promoted to the Catalans first-team squad in 2010, he played for the French national side at international level; coming off the bench against England in June 2009. [3]

He represented France in the 2010 European Cup and was named in the French squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, he managed to kick the winning field goal against the Mal Meninga coached Papua New Guinea national side 9–8.

On 14 August 2014, Championship side London Broncos announced the signing of Barthau on a 2-year deal until the end of 2016. [4]

Toulouse Olympique

Toulouse announced his decision to retire with immediate effect on 12 August 2020. [5] [6]

International

He was named in the France 23 man squad for the 2014 European Championship against Wales, Ireland and Scotland.

After missing France's first match of the 2015 European Cup and test-match with England due to injury, William returned to play for France in their European Cup match against Wales.

Barthau played in France's lone international fixture of 2016, an end of year test match against England in Avignon.

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References

  1. RLP
  2. loverugbyleague
  3. Hadfield, Dave (13 June 2009). "England play new generation game". The Independent. London. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  4. "Barthau to head to London". Archived from the original on 15 October 2014.
  5. "William Barthau announces retirement aged 30". loverugbyleague.com. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  6. "William BARTHAU met fin à sa carrière". Toulouse Olympique XIII (in French). 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.