Christian Delage (born 16 January 1954) is a French former
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
international.
Delage, known as "Coco", was born in
Brive-la-Gaillarde
Brive-la-Gaillarde (; Limousin dialect of ), commonly known as simply Brive, is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department. It has around 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the aggl ...
and played junior rugby at Stade Langonnais, but got his start at the top level with
CA Brive
Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive () or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze, Corrèze department.
Brive is a historical member of French rugby un ...
, a club his father had played for.
After moving to
SU Agen
Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne (), commonly referred to as SU Agen, Agen () or SUALG, is a French professional rugby union club based in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne that competes in the Pro D2, France's second division of rugby.
Founded in 1908, ...
, Delage won his first
Brennus Shield in 1982.
Delage, who had been a substitute for
France
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in the 1977 grand slam, gained his two caps in the
1983 Five Nations Championship
The 1983 Five Nations Championship was the 54th series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship
The Six Nations Championship (known as the Six Nations, branded as Guinness M6N) is an annual international rugby union competition by the t ...
, as a flyhalf in matches against Scotland and Ireland.
A Brennus Shield-winner again in 1991 with
Bègles-Bordeaux at the age of 37, Delage continued playing into his early 40s and had a season at
Stade Bordelais
Stade Bordelais are a French rugby union club, based in Bordeaux.
The club was established in 1889. Bordelais were a major force in the French championship during the 1900s. Until 2005–06, the senior team competed in the second level of dom ...
, before finishing his career back at Stade Langonnais.
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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1954 births
Living people
French rugby union players
20th-century French sportsmen
France international rugby union players
Rugby union fly-halves
Rugby union fullbacks
Sportspeople from Brive-la-Gaillarde
Rugby union players from Corrèze
CA Brive players
SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne players
Union Bordeaux Bègles players
Stade Bordelais players