Jean Rouqueirol

Jean Rouqueirol

Personal information
Born	(1933-04-19)19 April 1933 Aramon, Gard, Occitania, France
Died	19 February 2011(2011-02-19) (aged 77) Avignon, France
Playing information
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
Position	fullback, loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1955–59 SO Avignon 13 RC Roanne XIII Marseille XIII Total 13 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1955–59 France 10 3 1 11
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1958–60 SO Avignon 1981–84 SO Avignon 1987–88 SO Avignon Total 0 0 0 0
Source: http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jean-rouqueyrol/summary.html

Jean Rouqueirol (19 April 1933 – 19 February 2014^[1]) was a French rugby league player. He played as fullback, loose forward.

Biography

At club level, he first played for SO Avignon, along with his brothers Claude and Fernand.^[2] He later played for RC Roanne and then for Marseille XIII.^[3]

Rouqueirol also represented France between 1955 and 1959, including at the 1957 Rugby League World Cup.^[4]

After retiring as player, he became a coach, coaching SO Avignon, which won the Lord Derby Cup in 1982.^[3]

Honours

• Rugby league:
  • French Championship :
    • Finalist in 1956 (SO Avignon)
  • Lord Derby Cup:
  • 2 times champion: 1954 and 1955 (SO Avignon)
  • 2 times finalist: 1957 and 1958 (SO Avignon)

References

1. "Espace de Recueillement de Jean ROUQUEIROL".
2. Laborderie, Renaud de (1 January 1968). Le rugby dans le sang (in French). (Calmann-Lévy) réédition numérique FeniXX. ISBN 978-2-7062-0248-3.
3. "Hommages à Jean ROUQUEIROL". amicale-coupo-santo.sportsregions.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
4. "Jean Rouqueirol - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 8 March 2020.

External links

• Jean Rouqueirol at rugbyleagueproject.com