Rodolphe Modin
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Rodolphe Modin is a former French international rugby union
player, he played as a scrum-half.
As a youth he played for CSM Gennevilliers and Racing Métro, with whom he won the under-19 national championship against a Biarritz Olympique
team that included Serge Blanco
. The following year he joined CA Brive
as a senior player, where he made 213 appearances from 1978–1991.
Despite being selected for several touring parties of the France
team, he made only one appearance, which came against Zimbabwe at the 1987 World Cup
. He started the match and scored a hat-trick as France won 70–12.
Although he has a teaching degree in Physical Education, he has never taught. After his rugby-playing days were over he began a business career.
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, he played as a scrum-half.
As a youth he played for CSM Gennevilliers and Racing Métro, with whom he won the under-19 national championship against a Biarritz Olympique
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...
team that included Serge Blanco
Serge Blanco
Serge Blanco is a former rugby union footballer who played fullback for Biarritz Olympique and the French national side, gaining 93 caps, 81 of them at fullback. His alternative position was wing....
. The following year he joined CA Brive
CA Brive
Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin is a French rugby union team founded in 1910 and based in Brive-la-Gaillarde in the département of Corrèze of the Limousin région . They wear black and white and play in the Stade Amédée-Domenech .- History :The club was created on 15 March 1910 established on...
as a senior player, where he made 213 appearances from 1978–1991.
Despite being selected for several touring parties of the 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...
team, he made only one appearance, which came against Zimbabwe at the 1987 World Cup
1987 Rugby World Cup
The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. New Zealand and Australia agreed to co-host the first ever tournament with New Zealand hosting seventeen pool stage matches, two quarter-finals and the final with Australia being the junior partner hosting seven pool matches, two...
. He started the match and scored a hat-trick as France won 70–12.
Although he has a teaching degree in Physical Education, he has never taught. After his rugby-playing days were over he began a business career.