Lucien Pariès (4 August 1947 — 29 January 1998) was a French
rugby union
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international.
Born in
Anglet
Anglet (; , )[ANGELU]
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in southwestern France, Pariès was a fly-half and skilled goal-kicker, who got his start in senior rugby at
Biarritz Olympique
Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (; ), usually known simply as Biarritz, is a French professional rugby union team based in the Iparralde, Basque city of Biarritz in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine ...
. He gained eight
France
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caps during his career, debuting against the visiting
Springboks
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in 1968 at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir. His only French Championship was won with
RC Narbonne
Racing Club de Narbonne Méditerannée (also known as RCNM) is a French rugby union club that play in the third-level Nationale.
They are based in Narbonne in the Aude '' département'' of Occitania. They were founded in 1907. They play at P ...
in the
1978–79 season.
Pariès died in 1998 of a long illness, aged 50.
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 ...
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Paries, Lucien
1947 births
1998 deaths
French rugby union players
20th-century French sportsmen
France international rugby union players
Rugby union fly-halves
Biarritz Olympique players
RC Narbonne players
Rugby union players from Pyrénées-Atlantiques