Benoît Baby (born 7 September 1983) is a former

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footballer. He usually played at centre, but also at fullback and fly-half and represented

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. Baby made his ''début'' for the national team during the

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, against

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. France won the match 26 points to 19. Baby was cited for head butting

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during the matc

The Irish match was Baby's only appearance in the 2005 Six Nations, though he was capped twice again for France that year, in the losses against South Africa national rugby union team, South Africa in

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and Australia at

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. He was considered as very promising at his post until a series of relatively serious injuries stopped him in his progression. He came back with the French team during the 2008 Autumn internationals, scoring one penalty kick against

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, a game the French eventually won 12–6. In 2010, he was selected in the

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squad to play

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on November 26.

External links

Benoît Baby
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