Jean-Luc Averous | |
Birth Date: | 22 October 1954 |
Birth Place: | Béziers, France |
Height: | 6 ft 2 in |
Weight: | 188 lb |
Position: | Wing |
Repyears1: | 1975–81 |
Repcaps1: | 25 |
Reppoints1: | 28 |
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.[1] 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.[2]
Averous played his club rugby with La Voulte Sportif.[3]