Virgile Lacombe Explained

Virgile Lacombe
Birth Date:7 July 1984
Birth Place:Brou-sur-Chantereine, France
Height:1.81m (05.94feet)
Position:Hooker
Years1:–1999
Clubs1:Nîmes
Years2:2004–11
Clubs2:Toulouse
Apps2:131
Points2:45
Years3:2011–12
Clubs3:Brive
Apps3:20
Points3:15
Years4:2012
Clubs4:Toulouse
Apps4:7
Points4:5
Years5:2013
Apps5:3
Points5:5
Years6:2013
Apps6:4
Points6:0
Years7:2013–2017
Clubs7:Racing Métro
Apps7:92
Points7:35
Years8:2017–2019
Clubs8:Lyon OU
Apps8:53
Points8:20
Years9:2019–
Clubs9:Stade Toulousain
Apps9:N/A
Points9:N/A
Clubupdate:15 May 2021

Virgile Lacombe (born 7 July 1984 in Brou-sur-Chantereine, France) was a French rugby union footballer who usually played in the hooker position.[1] He became a coach with Stade Toulousain after retiring.[2]

Career

He started his career at Nîmes, but moved to Toulouse for the 1999–2000 French Rugby Union Championship. During seven seasons at Toulouse, he made 131 appearances and won the Top 14 championship in 2007–08 and 2010–11, as well as the Heineken Cup in 2004–05 and the 2009–10.

He then joined CA Brive for the 2011–12 Top 14 season, but returned to Toulouse the following season as a medical joker.

2013 Southern Kings Super Rugby season

He joined the for the 2013 Super Rugby season.

He didn't feature in their first three games, but was then named in their touring squad to Australasia for games against,, and,.[3] However, he was then recalled[4] after the Kings fielded more than the allowed two foreigner players in their match against the .[5] Instead, he make three appearances for the in the domestic 2013 Vodacom Cup tournament, scoring a try in the match against the .

Following an injury to New Zealander Hadleigh Parkes,[6] he was eligible for selection again and made his debut for the in their match against the in Bloemfontein. He also made substitute appearances in the next three matches against the, and the return match against the .

Return to France

He signed a deal to return to France to play for Racing Métro for 2013–14[7] and left the Kings in July 2013.His last club as a player will be Lyon OU which he joined in 2017, before retiring in 2019 to accept a role as scrum coach for his beloved club, Stade Toulousain.

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rugby – Player statistics Lacombe Virgile . It's Rugby . 3 January 2013.
  2. Web site: Virgile LACOMBE . Stade Toulousain . 22 May 2021 . French.
  3. Web site: Southern Kings Touring Squad announced . Rugby15 . 18 March 2013 . 16 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131220183144/http://www.rugby15.co.za/2013/03/southern-kings-touring-squad-announced/ . 20 December 2013 . live .
  4. Web site: Southern Kings recall two foreign players . Associated Press. Rugby Heaven . 21 March 2013 . 16 April 2013.
  5. Web site: Southern Kings face points deduction after using three foreigners against Chiefs . Sky Sports . 20 March 2013 . 16 April 2013.
  6. Web site: Parkes blow for Kings . Sport24 . 30 March 2013 . 9 April 2013.
  7. Web site: Wenceslas Lauret et Virgile Lacombe vont rejoindre des Racingmen heureux . Le Rugby Nistère . 7 January 2013 . 8 January 2013 . fr.