Élie Cester Explained

Élie Cester
Birth Date:27 July 1942
Birth Place:L'Isle-Jourdain, France
Death Place:Bourg-les-Valence, France
Height:[1]
Weight:237 lb
Ru Position:Lock
Ru Nationalteam:France
Ru Nationalyears:1966-1974
Ru Nationalcaps:35
Ru Nationalpoints:3
Ru Ntupdate:September 13, 2020

Élie Cester (27 July 1942 - 3 January 2017) was a French rugby union player who played at lock for the France national rugby union team.

Early life and career

Élie Cester was born on 27 July 1942 in L'Isle-Jourdain, France.[2]

Cester earned his first cap for the France national rugby union team on 15 January 1966. [3]

He made a total of 35 official appearances for the French national team between 1966 and 1974. He captained the team on three occasions.[4]

Roques was part of the French national team that won the Five Nations Championship in 1967, 1968, 1970 (tied with Wales) and 1973.

Death

Cester died at the age of 74 in Bourg-les-Valence, France, on 3 January 2017. [5] [6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elie Cester . ESPN scrum.
  2. Web site: L'Isle-Jourdain. Elie Cester, ce colosse, est décédé. 2021-04-06. ladepeche.fr. fr.
  3. Web site: Elie Cester. 2020-09-13. ESPN scrum.
  4. Web site: L'Isle-Jourdain. Elie Cester, ce colosse, est décédé. 2021-04-06. ladepeche.fr. fr.
  5. Web site: Rugby Union - Ex-France international Elie Cester dies. 2020-09-13. www.yahoo.com. en-US.
  6. Web site: France legend Elie Cester dies. 2021-04-06. www.ultimaterugby.com. 3 January 2017 . en.