Sébastien Raguin
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Sébastien Raguin is a rugby league
player for the Catalans Dragons
club in the European Super League
competition. His usual position is .
Raguin first caught the eye in 2005 playing for Toulouse Olympique
during their famous run to the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup
. He famously played for them semi-professionally whilst working during the week as a traffic warden in the city of Toulouse
.
In 2007 he signed with the Dragons, and has quickly established himself as a key component of the Catalans pack. His 2007 season has punctuated by injury, however he was an ever-present in the Catalans Dragons side during their run to the Super League play-offs in 2008, where he frequently played in the centres striking up a good partnership with Younes Khattabi.
He has been named in the France training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup
.
He has been named in the France squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup
.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player for the Catalans Dragons
Catalans Dragons
The Catalans Dragons are a French professional rugby league club based in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales. They currently play in the Super League, and are the only team in the competition from outside of the United Kingdom...
club in the European Super League
Super League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
competition. His usual position is .
Raguin first caught the eye in 2005 playing for Toulouse Olympique
Toulouse Olympique
Toulouse Olympique are a French professional rugby league team from Toulouse, in the southwest of France. They were founded on 22 October, in 1937 two years after the founding of the French Rugby League Federation. Between 1995 and 2002 the club were known as Spacers de Toulouse, due to links with...
during their famous run to the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup
Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is a knockout cup competition for rugby league clubs organised by the Rugby Football League. Originally it was contested only by British teams but in recent years has been expanded to allow teams from France and Russia to take part....
. He famously played for them semi-professionally whilst working during the week as a traffic warden in the city of Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
.
In 2007 he signed with the Dragons, and has quickly established himself as a key component of the Catalans pack. His 2007 season has punctuated by injury, however he was an ever-present in the Catalans Dragons side during their run to the Super League play-offs in 2008, where he frequently played in the centres striking up a good partnership with Younes Khattabi.
He has been named in the France training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup
2008 Rugby League World Cup
The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since the inauguration of the tournament in 1954, and the first since the 2000 event...
.
He has been named in the France squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup
2008 Rugby League World Cup
The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since the inauguration of the tournament in 1954, and the first since the 2000 event...
.