Marcel Legrain
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Marcel Legrain was a French rugby union player, who died in World War I. He was 1 m 80 tall and weighed 80 kg, and played at second row and then, having played second line, and then third line (and then wing) in the national selection, and at the Stade Français.
Highlights
- 12 caps for France from 1909-1914.
- Played in four editions of the Five Nations Championship, in 1910, 1911, 1913, and 1914. Thus, he played in the very first Five Nations Championship; he played in the first French win against a British team in the tournament, against Scotland on 2 January 1911.
- He was part of the French team's first victory against a British team when they beat Scotland on 2 January 1911, alongside his captain Marcel CommuneauMarcel CommuneauMarcel Communeau was a French rugby union player, who represented the France national rugby union team. Communeau was the leading French player prior to World War I, representing his country a record 21 times and captaining the side on 13 occasions.-References:...
, who also played third line at the time. - He also played in the first match against the South African Springboks in BordeauxBordeauxBordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
on 11 January 1913. (The second match didn't take place until 40 years later, in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.)