Pierre Lacaze (rugby)

Pierre Lacaze
Pierre Lacaze in 1959
Personal information
Born(1934-05-04)4 May 1934
Pontacq, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Died8 July 1995(1995-07-08) (aged 61)
Lourdes, France
Playing information
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight68 kg (10 st 10 lb)
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–?? Papillons de Pontacq
19??–?? Racing Club de France
1954–59 FC Lourdes
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1958–59[1] France 7 0 1 14
Rugby league
Positionfullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1959 Toulouse Olympique
FC Lezignan
Marseille XIII
Grenoble Olympique
XIII Catalan
Montpellier XIII
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1960–67 France 12 0 40 0 80
Source: [2]
As of 19 January 2021

Pierre Lacaze (4 May 1934 - 8 July 1995[3]) was a French international rugby player, both union and league. His younger brother, Claude, was also a France rugby union & league international player. He was nicknamed Papillon (Butterfly) and was 1.68 m high and weighed 68 kg.

Rugby

He took up rugby union with his local Pontacq club, followed by Racing Club de France and lastly FC Lourdes; winning caps for France too. He played as fly-half or as fullback.

.In 1959, he switched codes to play rugby league, first for Toulouse, then FC Lezignan; also winning international caps for France.

International rugby union career

He won his first test cap against South Africa on 26 July 1958 and his last against Ireland on 18 April 1959. He was part of the squad which won against Springboks in South Africa for the first time on 16 August 1958 during a historical tour for the French team. He replaced a severely injured Michel Vannier as fullback for France.

Honours

Rugby union

Rugby league

References

  1. ^ "Pierre Lacaze". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  2. ^ Pierre Lacaze rugbyleagueproject.org
  3. ^ "«Papillon» s'envole ("Papillon" flies away)". Libération (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2022.