Franck Tournaire | |
Birth Date: | 4 December 1972 |
Birth Place: | Narbonne |
Weight: | 112kg (247lb) |
Ru Position: | Prop |
Ru Nationalteam: | France |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1995-2000 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 49 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (10) |
Ru Ntupdate: | October 21, 2007 |
Ru Clubyears: | 1995-1997 1997-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2007 2007-2008 2008-2010 |
Ru Proclubs: | RC Narbonne Toulouse Leicester USA Perpignan RC Narbonne Racing Metro Carcassonne |
Ru Clubcaps: | 9 59 21 7 |
Ru Clubpoints: | (5) (20) (0) (0) |
Ru Clubupdate: | February 12, 2012 |
Franck Tournaire (born 4 December 1972 in Narbonne) is a former French international professional rugby union player now playing amateur rugby for US Carcassonne.
As a prop, Tournaire played for Narbonne, Toulouse, Leicester, Perpignan and Narbonne again, ending in Pro D2 his professional career at the Racing Métro 92 Paris.
After retiring in 2008, Tournaire joined amateur club US Carcassonne in southern France.
Tournaire won 49 full caps for the French national team and won 2 Five Nations (1997 and 1998 both Grand Slams) and played in the 1999 Rugby World Cup where France were the runners-up losing in the final to Australia.