Peyo Hontas Explained

Peyo Hontas
Full Name:Pierre Hontas
Birth Date:19 July 1966
Birth Place:Biarritz, France
Height:6 ft 0 in
Weight:189 lb
Position:Wing
Repyears1:1990–93
Repcaps1:9
Reppoints1:0

Pierre "Peyo" Hontas (born 19 July 1966) is a French former international rugby union player.

A native of Biarritz, Hontas was a speedy Biarritz Olympique winger, who excelled in 400 metres races.[1]

Hontas toured New Zealand with France in 1989 and had his ear badly torn in the tour match against Wellington, requiring 25 stitches.[2] [3] He didn't play against the All Blacks and won his first cap in the next year's Five Nations. Capped nine times in total, Hontas appeared in all of France's matches in their winning 1993 Five Nations campaign.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Craig Sets Up Grand Finale . . 19 February 1990.
  2. News: Hennion . Blandine . Rugby. Les durs ont des oreilles . . 25 August 1997 . fr.
  3. News: Time-Bomb Test Game . Daily Record . 1 July 1989.
  4. News: « Il m'explose la gueule, je fais 3 mètres en l'air » : le jour où Peyo Hontas a tenté d'arrêter Jonah Lomu . . 29 August 2023 . fr-FR.