Joseph Desclaux (1 February 1912 – 26 March 1988) was a French international
rugby union
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player.
Biography
Desclaux was born in
Collioure
Collioure (; , ) is a commune in the southern French department of Pyrénées-Orientales.
Geography
The town of Collioure is on the Côte Vermeille (Vermilion Coast), in the canton of La Côte Vermeille and in the arrondissement of Céret.
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into a family that operated a anchovy-salting factory. He developed his rugby during his time boarding at Collège de Perpignan and when back home played for Collioure sportif.
A foundation player for
USA Perpignan
Union Sportive Arlequins Perpignanais, also referred to as USA Perpignan or Perpignan, is a French professional rugby union club founded in 1933 and based in Perpignan, in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. They compete in the Top 14, France' ...
in 1933, Desclaux debuted for
France
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the following year and played international rugby union until 1938, when after captaining his club to the
Brennus Shield title decided to sign with
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...
side Bordeaux XIII. He returned to rugby union after rugby league was banned by the Vichy government in World War II, during which he served with the 4th Engineering Corps in Grenoble. On New Year's Day 1945, Desclaux was capped again for France in a match against the British Army.
See also
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List of France national rugby union players
List of France national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the France national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.
Note that the "position" column lists the position at w ...
References
External links
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Joseph Desclauxat Fédération Française de Rugby
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1912 births
1988 deaths
French rugby union players
France international rugby union players
Rugby union players from Pyrénées-Orientales
USA Perpignan players
Rugby union centres
Rugby union fly-halves
French rugby league players
France national rugby league team players
Dual-code rugby internationals