Marc Giacardy (15 February 1881 in

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– 28 August 1917 à la ''Ferme-de-Mormont'', near

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) was a French

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player. He was 1 m 75 tall and weighed 73 kg. He played at the position of tighthead prop, fly-half, and more rarely hooker or second row, and played for

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. During the 1911/12 season Giacardy refereed the final of the French Rugby Championship between,

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and

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. He was a journalist by profession. During the First World War he was stationed with the 6th Infantry Regiment, in which he was a captain. He was killed in action at the front in 1917, at la ''Ferme-de-Mormont'', near

Palmarès

Giacardy won just a single international cap in the 1907 encounter with

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. * Champion de France 6 times, in 1899, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, and 1909 (Captain in the final this year). * Vice-champion de France in 1900 (without playing the final), 1901, 1902, and 1908 (Captain in the final this year). Captained France in the trials match against the Rest of France on 22 December 1907, ahead of the international matches in 1908.

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* Godwin, Terry ''Complete Who's Who of International Rugby'' (Cassell, 1987, ) France international rugby union players French rugby union players 1881 births Rugby union players from Bordeaux 1917 deaths French rugby union referees French military personnel killed in World War I French male non-fiction writers 20th-century French journalists 20th-century French male writers Stade Bordelais players Rugby union props Rugby union fly-halves {{France-rugbyunion-bio-1880s-stub