Baptiste Serin
 Serin while at UBB in 2015. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Baptiste Serin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 June 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | La Teste-de-Buch, Gironde, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Baptiste Serin (born 20 June 1994) is a French rugby union player. His position is Scrum-half and he currently plays for Toulon and the France national team.[1]
Club career
Born in La Teste-de-Buch in Gironde, Serin began his career with nearby club Bordeaux Bègles in the Top 14.
International career
He made his international debut during France's 2016 tour of Argentina. He started the first match at scrum-half, paired with Jules Plisson at fly-half, and received praise from coaches, players, and the press despite being in the losing side (30-19). He started the second match as well, this time associated with François Trinh-Duc, and this time took on the kicking duties too. They won that game 0-27 in what was Guy Novès's first away win as France manager, with Serin shining again. He was then included in the 2016/17 30-man "elite" list, made of players selected by the French national team to be protected and not allowed to play more than 30 games that year.[2] He was then selected to play in the Autumn Internationals but started all three games on the bench, behind Maxime Machenaud. France ended the series with a 19–24 loss to world champions New Zealand, in which Serin came onto the pitch during the second half and gave a remarkable out-the-back pass for Louis Picamoles to score the only French try of the game.[3] Baptiste made his 6 Nations debut against England on 4 February 2017.
International tries
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 10 June 2017 | Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa |  South Africa
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16–12 | 37–14 | 2017 France tour of South Africa |
| 2 | 18 November 2017 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | South Africa
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5–8 | 17–18 | 2017 November internationals |
| 3 | 23 June 2018 | Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand |  New Zealand
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0–5 | 49–14 | 2018 France tour of New Zealand |
| 4 | 2 October 2019 | Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium, Fukuoka, Japan |  United States
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17–9 | 33–9 | 2019 Rugby World Cup |
| 5 | 9 February 2020 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France |  Italy
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33–17 | 35–22 | 2020 Six Nations |
| 6 | 28 November 2020 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | Italy
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22–5 | 36–5 | Autumn Nations Cup |
References
- ^ "Baptiste Serin Profile". Itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "XV de France: La liste "Elite" dévoilée avec Serin, Le Devedec, Gourdon et Huget". 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Rugby : Baptiste Serin, une carrière en plein décollage - France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine".
External links
- France profile at FFR
- ESPN profile