Virgile Lacombe
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| Date of birth | 7 July 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Brou-sur-Chantereine, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (227 lb; 16 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Virgile Lacombe (born 7 July 1984 in Brou-sur-Chantereine, France) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Racing Métro. His usual position is hooker.[1]
Career
He started his career at Nîmes, but moved to Toulouse for the 1999–2000 French Rugby Union Championship. During seven seasons at Toulouse, he made 131 appearances and won the Top 14 championship in 2007–08 and 2010–11, as well as the Heineken Cup in 2004–05 and the 2009–10.
He then joined CA Brive for the 2011–12 Top 14 season, but returned to Toulouse the following season as a medical joker.
2013 Southern Kings Super Rugby season
He joined the Template:Rut Southern Kings for the 2013 Super Rugby season.[2]
He didn't feature in their first three games, but was then named in their touring squad to Australasia for games against Template:Rut Crusaders, Template:Rut Hurricanes, Template:Rut Brumbies and Template:Rut Rebels,.[3] However, he was then recalled[4] after the Kings fielded more than the allowed two foreigner players in their match against the Template:Rut Chiefs.[5] Instead, he make three appearances for the Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings in the domestic 2013 Vodacom Cup tournament, scoring a try in the match against the Template:Rut Border Bulldogs.[6]
Following an injury to New Zealander Hadleigh Parkes,[7] he was eligible for selection again and made his debut for the Template:Rut Southern Kings in their match against the Template:Rut Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.[8] He also made substitute appearances in the next three matches against the Template:Rut Waratahs, Template:Rut Highlanders and the return match against the Template:Rut Cheetahs.
Return to France
He signed a deal to return to France to play for Racing Métro for 2013–14[9] and left the Kings in July 2013.
Honours
- Top 14 – 2007–08 and 2010–11 with Toulouse
- Heineken Cup – 2004–05 and 2009–10 with Toulouse
References
- ^ "Rugby – Player statistics Lacombe Virgile". It's Rugby. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "SA Rugby Squad – Southern Kings : 2013 Vodacom Super Rugby". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ "Southern Kings Touring Squad announced". Rugby15. 18 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ "Southern Kings recall two foreign players". Rugby Heaven. Associated Press. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ "Southern Kings face points deduction after using three foreigners against Chiefs". Sky Sports. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border Bulldogs 22–30 Eastern Province Kings". South African Rugby Union. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ "Parkes blow for Kings". Sport24. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Toyota Cheetahs 26–12 Southern Kings". South African Rugby Union. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ "Wenceslas Lauret et Virgile Lacombe vont rejoindre des Racingmen heureux". Le Rugby Nistère (in French). 7 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.