Max Spring (born 15 March 2001) is a French

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player. He currently plays as a fullback for

Racing 92 Racing 92 () is a French professional rugby union club based in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Paris' western inner Banlieue, suburbs that competes in Top 14. The club plays its home matches at the 30,681-capacity Stadium#Types, domed stadium Pa ...

in the

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. His father is a former

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player who settled down in France and his mother is from

French Basque Country The French Basque Country (; ; ), or Northern Basque Country (, or , ), is a region lying on the west of the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Since 1 January 2017, it constitutes the Basque Municipal Community (; ) presided ...

. His brother, Tom Spring, plays for Bayonne.

Career

On 19 June 2022, Max Spring scored a late try with the

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against

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, during the

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. He was called by

Fabien Galthié Fabien Galthié (; born 20 March 1969) is a French rugby union coach and former player, currently the head coach of the France national team. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played much of his club rugby for Colomiers, and later on i ...

to the French national team for the first time in June 2022, for the summer tour of Japan.

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