Morgan Parra (born 15 November 1988) is a former French

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player who played as a scrum-half and occasionally fly-half. He played most of his career with Clermont Auvergne after signing for them from Bourgoin. He is of Portuguese origin through his father, Antonio.

Career

Parra started playing rugby aged four for Metz. He made his debut for

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aged 19 as a replacement against

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in the 2008 Six Nations Championship, making his first start for

in a defeat to

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at the

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. He is also a front-line goal-kicker, having taken on the mantle at Test level. At club level Parra came to prominence with

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strugglers Bourgoin, before moving to heavyweights Clermont Auvergne in 2009 replacing Pierre Mignoni and striking up a strong partnership with Australian fly-half Brock James. He played in the final as Clermont won the

title in 2009–10, scoring a conversion and three penalties in the process. In 2010 Parra was instrumental in guiding France to a Six Nations Grand Slam. He was picked partly after Julien Dupuy who was first choice in the 2009 autumn internationals was banned for eye gouging. After being paired with the equally youthful

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at half-back, he produced a number of masterful performances, including a rout of reigning champions

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at the Stade de France. After the Grand Slam Parra's fame and popularity rose in France, and is popular not just at his club but a darling to the French media and public. On 23 October 2021 Parra completes a record series of 48 successful penalty kicks in a row against Pau. On 5 June 2022 Parra played his last match for Clermont Auvergne as he signed to play for State Francais from 2022 onwards.

Style

left, Parra directing his forwards Parra is known as a particularly vocal leader of the pack and is known in France as the ''petit général''. He is a reliable kicker.

Honours

Club Clermont

Winner (2):

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

European Rugby Challenge Cup The EPCR Challenge Cup is an annual rugby union competition organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the second-tier competition for clubs based in European leagues behind the European Rugby Champions Cup. From its inception i ...

Winner:

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

International France Six Nations Winner:

Grand Slam Winner:

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Runner Up:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

References

External links

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RBS 6 Nations profile
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