Benjamin Boyet

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Benjamin Boyet
Personal information
Date of birth	August 8 1979 ( 1979-08-08) (age 28)
Place of birth	Vienne, Isère
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	78 kg (12 st 4 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Fly-half
Clubs		Caps	(points)
1999–	CS Bourgoin-Jallieu
National team(s)		Caps	(points)
2006–	France	3	(9)

Benjamin Boyet (born 8 August 1979 in Vienne, Isère) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing in the top division of domestic French rugby, for the CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, debuting for them in 1997. His usual position is at fly-half and he has played for France.

Although he had never played for the national team before, Boyet was included in France's 2006 Six Nations Championship squad and was included as a reserve against Scotland at Murrayfield, which France lost 16 points to 20. He went on to debut off the bench in a following match (on February 11) against Ireland at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, which France won 43 to 31. France went onto win the championship. His next appearance for France was against the All Blacks at Eden Park Auckland on June 2, 2007. He played at fly-half and kicked two penalties. He was also yellow carded in the 51st minute during France's 42-11 loss.^[1]

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[edit] External links

• Benjamin Boyet on sporting-heroes.net
• Benjamin Boyet on the Six Nations website
• Benjamin Boyet on the European Rugby Cup website
• Benjamin Boyet on L'Équipe (French)

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