Sylvain Dispagne (born 8 February 1968) is a French former

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

international. Born and raised in

Saint-Girons, Ariège Saint-Girons (; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''Sent Gironç'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Ariège (department), Ariège Departments of France, department in southwestern France. History Antiquity Unlike its close neighbou ...

, Dispagne played his rugby for the town until starting his career at the top level with

USA Perpignan Union Sportive Arlequins Perpignanais, also referred to as USA Perpignan or Perpignan, is a French professional rugby union club founded in 1933 and based in Perpignan, in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. They compete in the Top 14, France' ...

at the age of 20. He then crossed to

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 ...

and while there earned a place on the

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squad for the 1994 tour of New Zealand, but remained uncapped. At his next club,

Stade Toulousain Stade Toulousain () (), also referred to as Toulouse, is a professional rugby union club based in Toulouse, France. They compete in the Top 14, France's top division of rugby, and the European Rugby Champions Cup. Toulouse is the most successfu ...

, Dispagne played in four national championship-winning teams, also featuring in the

1995–96 Heineken Cup The 1995–96 Heineken Cup was the first edition of the Heineken Cup, which was to become the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from the top six nations in European rugby. Competing teams, from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales an ...

title. He was capped twice as a number eight for France in the

1996 Five Nations Championship The 1996 Five Nations Championship was the sixty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship, and the first in the sport's professional era, which officially began in August 1995. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Na ...

, against Ireland and Wales. Dispagne retired from playing at the age of 34 and began coaching Pechbonnieu-based club EVG, overseeing their promotion to the

Fédérale 1 The championnat de France de rugby à XV de 1re division fédérale (), a.k.a. Fédérale 1 (), is a French rugby union club competition, it is the elite of amateur rugby in France. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Français ...

in 2009. He has since left coaching and works in the electricity industry.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dispagne, Sylvain 1968 births Living people French rugby union players 20th-century French sportsmen France international rugby union players Rugby union players from Ariège (department) Rugby union number eights USA Perpignan players RC Narbonne players Stade Toulousain players

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