Boumedienne Allam (born

Avignon Avignon (, , ; or , ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the Communes of France, commune had a ...

, 19 November 1979) is a French and

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n rugby union player. He plays as a Number eight (rugby union), number eight. After his young years at Apt, Vaucluse, Apt (1994–1996) and Cavaillon (1996–1997), he became a famous figure as a RC Toulon player (1997–2000), where he won the Cup of France Frantz Reichel, in 1998. He moved to RC Narbonne (2000–2003), and latter to Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby (2003–2004) and to FC Auch (2004–2005). After a season at FC Barcelona, in Spain (2005–2006), he moved back to France, where he played for Blagnac SCR. He played for the Doncaster R.F.C., Doncaster Knights, in England, in 2008/09. He returned to France, playing for Le Bugue AC, in 2009/10. He played for AS Mâcon, from 2010/11 to 2011/12, and currently plays for AGDE, since the 2012/13 season.

International career

Allam was capped for the France national rugby union team, France U-21 squad, winning the Six Nations Tournament of that category with them in 2000. A few years later, Allam switched alliance and chose the country of his grandparents to represent in senior fixtures. He was a member of the historical unofficial first game of Algeria national rugby union team, Algeria, on 24 February 2007, as well as the official first match for Algeria national rugby union team, Algeria on 18 December since creating the Algerian Rugby Federation, Algerian rugby federation a month earlier. This significant match was also the first rugby international played on Algerian soil which was televised.

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