Tony Marsh (rugby player)
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| Tony Marsh | |||||
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| Full name | Tony Marsh | ||||
| Date of birth | August 12, 1972 (age 34) | ||||
| Place of birth | Rotorua, New Zealand | ||||
| Height | 1.88 m | ||||
| Weight | 97 kg | ||||
| Rugby union career | |||||
| Position | Centre | ||||
| Professional clubs | |||||
| 1998-present | ASM Clermont Auvergne | ||||
| correct as of 2007-03-08. | |||||
| Provincial/State sides | |||||
| Counties | |||||
| correct as of 2007-03-08. | |||||
| Super Rugby | Caps | (points) | |||
| 1998 1996-97 |
Canterbury Crusaders Auckland Blues |
(5) |
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| correct as of 2007-03-08. | |||||
| National team(s) | Caps | (points) | |||
| 2001-04 | France | 21 | (35) | ||
| correct as of 2007-03-08. | |||||
Tony Marsh (born 12 August 1972 in Rotorua) is a New Zealand-born rugby union player who has represented France playing at centre.
At the beginning of the 1990s, he played club rugby in Manurewa and Ardmore before playing National Provincial Championship rugby with Counties.
Tony Marsh joined the Blues Super rugby franchise in 1996, winning the Super 12 in 97, before switching to the Crusaders with whom he won the title in 1998. He is one of the few players who managed to win back-to-back Super Rugby titles with different franchises.
Later that year he left New Zealand for France and signed for Top 12 club Montferrand, now known as Clermont, with whom he reached the final of the league on two occasions, 1999 and 2001, won the European Challenge Cup in 1999 and the French national cup two years later.
After three years in France he became eligible to play for les Bleus and Bernard Laporte named him in the French squad in 2001. He went on to win 21 French caps between 2001 and 2004, scoring 7 tries and helping France win the Grand Slam in 2002.
Early in 2003 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer but overcame the disease after gruelling months of chemotherapy sessions and rejoined the French team, reaching the semi final stage of the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
Tony Marsh played his last game for France in 2004 and, as of 2007, still plays for Clermont.
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| France squad - 2003 Rugby World Cup | ||
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| Forwards: | Auradou • Betsen • Bru • Brouzet • Chabal • Crenca • Harinordoquy • Ibanez • Labit • Magne • Marconnet • Milloud • Pelous • Poux • Tabacco • Thion |  |
| Backs: | Brusque • Dominici • Elhorga • Garbajosa • Galthié (c) • Jauzion • Liebenberg • Merceron • Michalak • Marsh • Poitrenaud • Rougerie • Traille • Yachvili | |
| Coach: | Laporte | |
