Baptiste Serin (born 20 June 1994) is a French

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player. His position is Scrum-half and he currently plays for

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and the France national team.

Club career

Born in

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, Serin began his career with nearby club Bordeaux Bègles in the

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International career

He made his international debut during France's 2016 tour of Argentina. He started the first match at scrum-half, paired with Jules Plisson at fly-half, and received praise from coaches, players, and the press despite being in the losing side (30-19). He started the second match as well, this time associated with

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, and this time took on the kicking duties too. They won that game 0-27 in what was

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's first away win as France manager, with Serin shining again. He was then included in the 2016/17 30-man "elite" list, made of players selected by the French national team to be protected and not allowed to play more than 30 games that year. He was then selected to play in the Autumn Internationals but started all three games on the bench, behind

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. France ended the series with a 19–24 loss to world champions

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, in which Serin came onto the pitch during the second half and gave a remarkable out-the-back pass for

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to score the only French try of the game. Baptiste made his 6 Nations debut against

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on 4 February 2017.

International tries

References

External links

France profile
at FFR

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