Sébastien Fauqué is a French

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player, born 6 March 1977 in

Tarbes Tarbes (; Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as ''Turba ...

( Hautes-Pyrénées), who plays as

fly half In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16– ...

for

La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. Wi ...

. He arrived at

US Montauban US Montauban ( oc, Union Esportiva Montalban) is a French rugby union club that currently competes in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system. They have also competed at the top level, Top 14, in the past, most ...

from

US Dax Union sportive dacquoise, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Nationale, the third level of the French league system. They were founded in 1904. They play at Stade Maurice Boyau (capacity 16,170). They wear ...

after a spell at Castres Olympique and a first professional contract at

Section Paloise Section Paloise (, Bearnese: ), commonly referred to as ''Section'' or as ''Pau'' , is a professional rugby union club based in Pau, France. They compete in the Top 14, France's top division of rugby, and the EPCR Challenge Cup. Their home g ...

. He was the backup for

David Aucagne David Aucagne (born 14 February 1973) is a retired France, French rugby union player. Aucagne, who played at Rugby union positions#10. Fly-half, fly-half, has been the coach of the France national under-20 rugby union team, French under-20 team sin ...

at Pau and

Thomas Castaignède Thomas Castaignède (born 21 January 1975) is a rugby union footballer from Mont-de-Marsan. Born in Mont-de-Marsan, Aquitaine, Castaignède played as a junior and senior for Stade Montois in various positions, initially as fly-half or centre, ...

at Castres. He trained at two clubs:

Riscle Riscle (; Gascon: ''Riscla'') is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Cannet was merged into Riscle.Lourdes Lourdes (, also , ; oc, Lorda ) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for the Châ ...

. After the 2008 season, and after six seasons at

Montauban Montauban (, ; oc, Montalban ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, region of Occitania, Southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, ...

, he joined

RC Toulon R&C, RC, R/C, Rc, or rc may refer to: Science and technology Computing * rc, the default Command line interface in Version 10 Unix and Plan 9 from Bell Labs * .rc (for "run commands"), a filename extension for configuration files in UNIX-like ...

, who were promoted to

Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the French National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism o ...

Honours

Club

* Pro D2 Champions : 2006

Personal

* Best player of Pro D2: 2006 (383 points, 22 more than second placed Antoine Vignau-Tuquet) ** : 2005 (397 points, 18 less than first place Martin Vickers-Pearson) * Best kicker in Pro D2: 2006 (353 points, 22 more than second placed Antoine Vigneau-Tuquet) ** : 2005 (377 points, 3 less than first placed Martin Vickers-Pearson)Les meilleurs buteurs de Pro D2 - saison 2004-2005
, at lnr.fr

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fauque, Sebastien French rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves 1977 births Sportspeople from Tarbes Rugby union players from Hautes-Pyrénées US Dax players RC Toulon players Living people Stade Rochelais players