René Boudreaux
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René Emile Henri Boudreaux (27 November 1880–8 September 1915) was a French
rugby union
player.
Boudreaux was born in Paris
and played as a prop forward for Sporting Club Universitaire de France. He was twice capped for the French national team
in the 1910 Five Nations Championship
. He made his first appearance at Swansea against Wales on New Years Day and his second and last against Scotland at Innerleith on 22 January.
During the First World War Boudreaux was recalled to serve in the French Army
. He was killed in action near Auberive
while serving as a lieutenant with the 103rd Infantry Regiment of the 7th Infantry Division.
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...
player.
Boudreaux was born in Paris
Paris
Paris 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...
and played as a prop forward for Sporting Club Universitaire de France. He was twice capped 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...
in the 1910 Five Nations Championship
1910 Five Nations Championship
The 1910 Five Nations Championship was the first series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship. Including the previous Home Nations Championships, this was the twenty-eighth series of the annual northern hemisphere rugby...
. He made his first appearance at Swansea against Wales on New Years Day and his second and last against Scotland at Innerleith on 22 January.
During the First World War Boudreaux was recalled to serve in the French Army
French Army
The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.As of 2010, the army employs 123,100 regulars, 18,350 part-time reservists and 7,700 Legionnaires. All soldiers are professionals, following the suspension of conscription, voted in...
. He was killed in action near Auberive
Auberive
Auberive is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in Champagne-Ardenne region in north-eastern France.-Geography:The Aujon flows westward through the north-eastern part of the commune....
while serving as a lieutenant with the 103rd Infantry Regiment of the 7th Infantry Division.