Jacques Gruppi | |
Height: | 5feet |
Weight: | 12st |
Birth Date: | 6 April 1941 |
Birth Place: | Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France |
Yearastart: | 1963 |
Yearaend: | 72 |
Appearancesa: | 11 |
Triesa: | 1 |
Goalsa: | 0 |
Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
Pointsa: | 3 |
Coachyear1start: | 1985 |
Coachyear1end: | 86 |
Jacques Gruppi, born in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, on 6 April 1941) is a French former rugby league player, who played as centre. His brothers are Raymond Gruppi,[1] who also was a rugby league player and Pierre Gruppi, a former rugby union player.
He played for Villeneuve-sur-Lot[2] and also represented France during the 1968 Rugby League World Cup, where he played also in the final lost against Australia.
Outside the sport, he worked as a salesman.[3]
Between 1985 and 1986, Gruppi coached his former club, Villeneuve-sur-Lot.
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Jacques Gruppi international caps | |||||||||||
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Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | Position | Points | Tries | Pen. | Drops | ||
Playing for France | |||||||||||
. | 8 June 1968 | Lang Park, Brisbane, Australia | Australia | World Cup | Centre | - | - | - | - | ||
. | 10 June 1968 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia | Australia | World Cup | Centre | - | - | - | - | ||
. | 1 November 1970 | Bradford, England | Australia | World Cup | Wing | - | - | - | - |