David Venditti (born 1 June 1973) is a French former
rugby union
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international who represented
France
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in 14 Test matches between 1996 and 2000.
A
Bellegarde youth player, Venditti started his senior career at
Bourgoin-Jallieu
Bourgoin-Jallieu (; ) is a commune in the Isère department in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in France. The city had 28,834 inhabitants in 2019 and lies 35 kilometres east-southeast of Lyon. It was formed by the merger of the former comm ...
. He later moved to
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 ...
and was a member of the team which defeated Leicester in the
1997 Heineken Cup final.
Venditti made his debut for France against the
Springboks
The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabhokobhoko) is the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union. The Springboks play in green and gold jersey ...
in 1996 and was on the wing in all four matches of France's grand slam winning
1997 Five Nations campaign. He scored a
hat-trick of tries in the win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road, which was his first appearance in a Five Nations match.
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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1973 births
Living people
French rugby union players
France international rugby union players
Rugby union wings
Rugby union players from Ain
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu players
CA Brive players