Thibaud Flament
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.jpg) Flament representing France during the Six Nations Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 April 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thibaud Flament (born 29 April 1997) is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Top 14 club Toulouse and the France national team.
Early life
[edit]Born in Paris, Thibaud Flament grew up in Brussels, Belgium where his father worked and founded an amateur rugby union club. He started rugby at the age of 8, playing for ASUB Waterloo, one of the best clubs in Belgium.[1] He left Belgium for the United Kingdom and Loughborough University to pursue his college studies, at the age of 18.[2]
Club career
[edit]Flament began playing rugby for Loughborough Students RUFC, the famous British college team. Playing usually as a fly-half, he started in the fifth team and then changed of position, being converted to the second row due to his height and his weight gain. In 2017, he spent one placement year in Argentina playing for Club Newman before returning to Loughborough, now a first-teamer and an important player.[2]
Consequently, he drew the attention of Wasps and joined the Premiership team academy in June 2019. On 21 September 2019, he made his professional debut against Saracens in the 2019–20 Premiership Rugby Cup and scored a try.
After playing sixteen games with the Coventry club, Flament signed for Toulouse on 17 August 2020.[3] In his first year with the French club, he won the 2020-21 Top 14 and the 2020–21 European Rugby Champions Cup and then extended his contract until 2026 on 8 June 2022.[4]
International career
[edit]He was first called to the French national senior team by Fabien Galthié on 18 October 2021, for the autumn internationals.[5] He earned his first cap for France on 6 November 2021 against Argentina, scoring a try on his debut. In 2022, he won the 2022 Six Nations Championship and the Grand Slam, clinching the title with a 25–13 win over England at the Stade de France.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]List of international tries
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 6 November 2021 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France |  Argentina
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14–10 | 29–20 | 2021 Autumn internationals |
| 2 | 5 February 2023 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy |  Italy
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0–5 | 24–29 | 2023 Six Nations |
| 3 | 11 March 2023 | Twickenham, London, England |  England
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0–15 | 10–53 | |
| 4 | 10–32 | |||||
| 5 | 21 September 2023 | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France |  Namibia
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38–0 | 96–0 | 2023 Rugby World Cup |
Honours
[edit]- Toulouse
- France
References
[edit]- ^ "The incredible rise of Thibaud Flament". Rugby World. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ a b Schofield, Daniel (15 March 2022). "Thibaud Flament: 'I wouldn't be playing for France today without support of Loughborough University'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Cameron, Ian (17 August 2020). "Wasps lock Flament to exit club, opening Ricoh door for hulking Montpellier foward". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Marco, Jeanne-Marie (8 June 2022). "Stade Toulousain : le deuxième ligne Thibaud Flament prolonge jusqu'en 2026". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Bissonnet, Vincent (18 October 2021). "XV de France - Qui sont les neuf novices de la tournée d'automne ?". Rugbyrama (in French). Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ Schofield, Daniel (19 March 2022). "France win first Six Nations Grand Slam in 12 years as gutsy England fall short in Paris". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
External links
[edit]- France profile at FFR
- Thibaud Flament at European Professional Club Rugby
- Thibaud Flament at Premiership Rugby (archived)
- Thibaud Flament at ESPNscrum
- Thibaud Flament at ItsRugby.co.uk
- 1997 births
- Living people
- French rugby union players
- Club Newman rugby union players
- Loughborough Students RUFC players
- Wasps RFC players
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- Stade Toulousain players
- Rugby union players from Paris
- Rugby union locks
- Expatriate rugby union players in Argentina
- French expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- French expatriate rugby union players in England
- Sportspeople from Brussels
- Belgian rugby union players
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players
- France international rugby union players