Christian Poidevin (born 9 September 1998) is an Australian

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player, currently playing for the

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(MLR) in the U.S. His preferred position is

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. Poidevin is the son of former

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Simon Poidevin Simon Paul Poidevin (born 31 October 1958) is a former Australian rugby union player. Poidevin made his Test debut for Australia against Fiji during the 1980 tour of Fiji. He was a member of the Wallabies side that defeated New Zealand 2–1 ...

. He attended

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and in 2022 earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the

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. He previously played for the

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in the MLR.

Professional career

Poidevin signed for

side

ahead of the

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. He had previously competed in the

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, representing in the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

References

External links

itsrugby.co.uk Profile
1998 births Living people People educated at Newington College Australian rugby union players Rugby union flankers Sydney (NRC team) players LA Giltinis players San Diego Legion players Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-stub