Raphaël Lakafia
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Raphaël Lakafia is a French rugby union player. He currently plays for Biarritz Olympique
and plays at the Number 8 position. He is the younger brother of Pierre-Gilles Lakafia
and son of former French javelin champion Jean-Paul Lakafia
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Lakafia played for France in the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship
and scored three tries against Japan. He played at the 2011 Rugby World Cup
for France
. He played twice during the tournament against Japan
and Tonga
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Biarritz Olympique
Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque is a French professional rugby union team based in the Basque city of Biarritz, Aquitaine which competes in the Top 14 and the Heineken Cup...
and plays at the Number 8 position. He is the younger brother of Pierre-Gilles Lakafia
Pierre-Gilles Lakafia
Pierre-Gilles Lakafia is a French rugby union player. He plays at Wing for Castres. He is the brother of Biarritz Olympique Academy squad Number 8, Rafaël Lakafia and the son of former French javelin champion Jean-Paul Lakafia, and his mother was a discus thrower. His parents are originally from...
and son of former French javelin champion Jean-Paul Lakafia
Jean-Paul Lakafia
Jean-Paul Lakafia is a retired male javelin thrower from France. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, finishing in 12th place. He set his personal best in 1985....
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Lakafia played for France in the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship
2008 IRB Junior World Championship
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and scored three tries against Japan. He played at the 2011 Rugby World Cup
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005...
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...
. He played twice during the tournament against Japan
Japan national rugby union team
The Japan national rugby union team represent Japan in international rugby union competitions. Japan is traditionally the strongest rugby union power in Asia but has both enjoyed and endured mixed results against non-Asian teams over the years...
and Tonga
Tonga national rugby union team
The Tonga national rugby union team is nicknamed Ikale Tahi . Like their Polynesian neighbours, the Tongans start their matches with a war dance – the Kailao . They are members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance along with Fiji and Samoa...
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