Fabien Pelous
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| Player information | ||
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| Full name | Fabien Pelous | |
| birthday | 7th December 1973 | |
| place of birth | Toulouse , Haute-Garonne , France | |
| society | ||
| society | Career ended | |
| position | Second row striker | |
| Clubs as active | ||
| Years | society | Games (points) |
| 1991-1995 | SC Graulhet | ? (?) |
| 1995-1997 | US Dax | ? (?) |
| 1997-2009 | Stade Toulousain | 222 (60) |
| Teams in youth | ||
| Years | team | |
| 1983-1991 | Saverdun | |
| National team | ||
| Years | National team | Games (points) |
| 1995-2007 |
 France
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118 (40) |
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Status: May 29, 2009 |
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Fabien Pelous (born December 7, 1973 in Toulouse , Haute-Garonne Department ) is a former French rugby union player . He played in the second row for Stade Toulousain and was part of the French national team until 2007 . He is the player with the most international matches in his country.
Career
Pelous made his national team debut on October 17, 1995 against Romania . In 2004 he became captain of the French and succeeded Fabien Galthié . The first tournament under his team leadership was the Six Nations 2004 , in which France won the Grand Slam . With Toulouse he managed to win the Heineken Cup in 2005 , where he was out due to a knee injury until the end of the year. In November he returned to the national team when they beat Australia 26:16 . However, he made an elbow bump against Australian Brendan Cannon in that game and was suspended for nine weeks.
He could not take part in the Six Nations 2007 due to an injury, so the honor as the record national player for France was postponed into the summer. Since he was not quite recovering from his injuries, Raphaël Ibañez was nominated to captain for the World Cup in his own country. On August 11, 2007 he finally managed to equalize Philippe Sella's record of 111 international matches , including an attempt against England . A week later both teams met again in Marseille , at the same time Pelous' 112th international match.
After the World Championships in France, Pelous ended his international career in which he appeared 118 times for France, including 42 times as captain. Following the World Cup final, he received the International Rugby Press Association Special Merit Award from the International Rugby Board . In 2017, Pelous was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame .
In addition to rugby, Pelous has been working as a winemaker together with footballer Djibril Cissé since 2002 and produces his own wine. In 2008, he campaigned for the re-election of Jean-Luc Moudenc as mayor of Toulouse, who however lost the election to Pierre Cohen .
Pelous took over the management of France A, the reserve of the national team, in January 2009. He will act as manager of the team along with ex-international Olivier Magne .
Individual evidence
- ↑ RugbyRugby.com: France robbed of skipper Pelous ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Planet Rugby: France hand Ibanez the armband ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ BBC: England 15-21 France
- ↑ BBC: France 22-9 England
- ↑ IRB: Habana named IRB Player of the Year ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Five legends inducted into World Rugby Hall of Fame World Rugby , date: November 10, 2017, accessed: November 29, 2017
- ↑ Planet Rugby: Pelous to manage France A ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pelous, Fabien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french rugby union player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th December 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toulouse , France |