Olivier Milloud
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Olivier Milloud is a French
rugby union
footballer, currently playing for Stade Francais in the top level of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He has also played for the French national team
, including being a part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup
squad. He usually plays as a prop.
He made his international debut for France in a match against Romania
on May 28, 2000. He had surgery on his ankle in 2003, though he recovered in time to be named in France's squad for the Rugby World Cup
in 2003. He played in five matches during the tournament in Australia. Although he did not play in France's 2004 Six Nations Championship
, he played three matches in 2005 and then played in France's summer and autumn internationals. He scored his first try for the France national team
against Scotland
on March 17, 2007 during the last match of the 2007 Six Nations.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
footballer, currently playing for Stade Francais in the top level of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He has also played for the French national team
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...
, including being a part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup
2003 Rugby World Cup
The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England. Originally planned to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and Rugby World...
squad. He usually plays as a prop.
He made his international debut for France in a match against Romania
Romania national rugby union team
The Romania national rugby union team , nicknamed The Oaks , is the representative side of Romania in rugby union. Long considered one of the stronger European teams outside the Six Nations, they have participated in all six Rugby World Cups, and currently compete in the first division of the...
on May 28, 2000. He had surgery on his ankle in 2003, though he recovered in time to be named in France's squad for the Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup
The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987....
in 2003. He played in five matches during the tournament in Australia. Although he did not play in France's 2004 Six Nations Championship
2004 Six Nations Championship
The 2004 Six Nations Championship was the fifth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship to be held since the competition expanded in 2000 to include Italy. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-tenth series of the northern...
, he played three matches in 2005 and then played in France's summer and autumn internationals. He scored his first try for the France national team
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...
against Scotland
Scotland national rugby union team
The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...
on March 17, 2007 during the last match of the 2007 Six Nations.
External links
- Olivier Milloud on sporting-heroes.net
- Olivier Milloud on ercrugby.com
- Olivier Milloud on rwc2003.irb.com
- Olivier Milloud on rbs6nations.com