Louis Junquas

Louis Junquas
Born(1920-09-11)11 September 1920
Died23 May 2002(2002-05-23) (aged 81)
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight184 lb (83 kg)
Rugby union career
Position Centre
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1945–48 France 13 (0)

Louis Junquas (11 September 1920 – 23 May 2002) was a French international rugby union player.

A shoemaker from Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse, Junquas was active in the 1940s and 1950s, playing for Tyrosse RCS, Aviron Bayonnais and Lyon Olympique. He was capped 13 times for France during the immediate post–war years, debuting against the British Army in the 1945–46 Victory Internationals. His international career included a period as team captain, for the 1947 Five Nations, when France returned to the competition after a 16–year absence.

Junquas later served on the FFR selection committee.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bayonne : Toros et rugby chevillés au cœur". Sud Ouest (in French). 4 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Finales Rugby - Junquas Louis". finalesrugby.fr.
  3. ↑ "French selectors stick to their policy of attack". The Guardian. 21 January 1969.