Pierre Corréia
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Pierre Corréia is a French rugby union
player. Corréia, who is a loosehead prop, plays for Albi
in the Top 14. His only game for France
was against Australia
on 5 July 2008.
Corréia began his professional career at Albi in 2005, but was forced to leave the club following their relegation at the end of the 2007–08 season. Having been named in the French squad for the 2008 mid-year rugby test series
, Corréia was targeted by most of the Top 14 clubs. He chose to move to Stade Français, but, following a virus early in the season, he struggled for form and fitness throughout his time at the club. He returned to Albi, who had regained their Top 14 status, prior to the 2009–10 Top 14 season
.
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...
player. Corréia, who is a loosehead prop, plays for Albi
SC Albi
Sporting Club Albigeois is a professional French rugby union club playing the second-level Rugby Pro D2. During the past years it went back and forth between Top 14, the highest level of the French league system and the second-level Rugby Pro D2. Their last time in the Top 14 was for 2009–10 after...
in the Top 14. His only game for France
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...
was against Australia
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
on 5 July 2008.
Corréia began his professional career at Albi in 2005, but was forced to leave the club following their relegation at the end of the 2007–08 season. Having been named in the French squad for the 2008 mid-year rugby test series
2008 mid-year rugby test series
The 2008 mid-year rugby Test series refers to the Rugby union Internationals played from May to July 2008, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. For Australia, New Zealand and South Africa they constitute preparation for the 2008 Tri Nations...
, Corréia was targeted by most of the Top 14 clubs. He chose to move to Stade Français, but, following a virus early in the season, he struggled for form and fitness throughout his time at the club. He returned to Albi, who had regained their Top 14 status, prior to the 2009–10 Top 14 season
2009–10 Top 14 season
Stade de France was listed as an alternate home for Stade Français because the club hosted five of their 13 home matches this season at the national stadium. Similarly, Stadium Municipal was listed as an alternate home for Toulouse, who normally play two Top 14 matches a year at that facility...
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