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François Moncla (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa mɔ̃kla]; 1 April 1932 – 28 November 2021) was a French rugby union footballer who played flanker. He won 31 caps for France between 1956 and 1961, including 18 as captain.
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He was part of the France team that won the Five Nations Championship in 1959, 1960 and 1961 and that toured South-Africa in 1958,[1] Argentina in 1960 and New-Zealand in 1961.
He won the national championship twice, in 1959 with Racing Club de France and in 1964 with Section Paloise.[1]
Moncla worked all his life at EDF-GDF. He was married with 3 children and lived in Pau.[1] Moncla died on 28 November 2021, at the age of 89.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Pécout, Adrien (18 November 2016). "On a retrouvé François Moncla, le rugbyman rouge". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ Rugby : François Moncla, légende du XV de France et de la Section Paloise, est mort (in French)
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