Raymond Contrastin Explained

Raymond Contrastin
Birth Date:5 April 1925
Birth Place:Condom, Gers,
Occitania, France
Ru Club1:Condom
Ru Year1start:19??
Ru Year1end:47
Year1start:1947
Year1end:50
Club2:Bordeaux
Year2start:1950
Year2end:58
Teama:France
Yearastart:1948
Yearaend:58
Appearancesa:33
Triesa:24
Goalsa:0
Fieldgoalsa:0
Pointsa:72
Updated:17 January 2021
Source:[1]
New:yes

Raymond Contrastin (born in Condom, on 5 April 1925[2] – 1985) was a French rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. A France international representative winger, he has been inducted into the International Rugby League Hall of Fame.He started playing rugby union for SA Condom until 1947,[3] before joining RC Roanne XIII, with which he was French champion in 1928 and for Bordeaux XIII, with which he won the 1954 title.Contrastin featured in the 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand, Les Chanticleers first such tour, during which they lost four of their 28 games.[4] [5]

He played for France during the 1954 Rugby League World Cup, including the final against Great Britain in which he scored a try.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Raymond-Contrastin/summary.html Raymond Contrastin
  2. Web site: Wikiwix's cache. http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=http://martigues.rugby13.free.fr/RUGBYCHAMPAGNE.txt. dead. 2020-08-03. archive.wikiwix.com. 2019-12-20.
  3. Web site: Wikiwix's cache. http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=http://martigues.rugby13.free.fr/RUGBYCHAMPAGNE.txt. dead. 2020-08-03. archive.wikiwix.com. 2019-12-20.
  4. News: Goodman. Tom. Caillou now French League Side's Leader. 27 December 2011. The Sunday Herald. 20 May 1951.
  5. News: Jessup. Peter. Battle of attrition. 27 December 2011. The New Zealand Herald. 16 November 2007.
  6. Web site: Raymond Contrastin. Rugby League Project. 27 December 2011.