Rugby player
| Date of birth | (1954-10-22) 22 October 1954 (age 70) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Béziers, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 188 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Jean-Luc Averous (born 22 October 1954) is a French former rugby union international.
Born in Béziers, Averous was a quick and powerful winger, capped 25 times for France between 1975 and 1981, scoring seven tries. He played in France's grand slam-winning 1977 Five Nations Championship campaign and was in the team that defeated the All Blacks at Eden Park in 1979, which was their first ever win in the country.
Averous played his club rugby with La Voulte Sportif.
See also
References
- "Rugby : Jean-Luc Averous, un ailier au physique en avance sur son temps". France Bleu (in French). 12 August 2023.
- "Jean-Luc Averous : « On me reparle encore aujourd'hui de ce succès »". rugbyrama.fr (in French). 15 July 2015.
- "Pour le Voultain Jean-Luc Averous, c'était un symbole". Le Dauphiné (in French). 7 December 2013.
External links
- Jean-Luc Averous at ESPNscrum