Full name Aurélien Rougerie Weight 104 kg Parents Jacques Rougerie | Position Wing and Centre Height 1.93 m Spouse Amandine Rougerie | |
Date of birth (1980-09-26) 26 September 1980 (age 36) Relatives Jacques Rougerie, Christine Dulac Similar Morgan Parra, Imanol Harinordoquy, Wesley Fofana, Julien Bonnaire, Thomas Domingo | ||
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Aurélien Rougerie (born 26 September 1980) is a rugby union player who plays on the wing and Centre for France and captains ASM Clermont Auvergne in the French Top 14.
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Career
Rougerie was born in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme. His father, Jacques Rougerie, was also a French international, playing at loosehead prop while his mother was an international at basketball (107 caps).
France
Rougerie debuted with the French national team against South Africa in 2001.
Club
Rougerie sued Phil Greening of England for a hand off during a European game in 2002 that left him with a throat injury forcing him to undergo 3 larynx surgeries. Greening was ordered to pay £29,000 in compensation.
In 2007, he won the European Challenge Cup with Clermont against Bath at the Stoop of Twickenham (22-16). Then he captained the Clermont Auvergne side that won the French championship, the Bouclier de Brennus, after 10 unlucky chances, against Perpignan in a one way final (19-6) on the 29th of May 2010.
