Julien Bonnaire

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Personal information
Full name Julien Bonnaire
Date of birth 20 September 1978 (1978-09-20) (age 29)
Place of birth Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 15 st 10 lb (100 kg)
Club information
Position(s) Flanker / Number Eight
Current club ASM Clermont Auvergne
Number 7
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)

2007 ‐
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu
ASM Clermont Auvergne
Representative teams
2004 ‐ France

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Julien Bonnaire (born 20 September 1978 in Bourgoin-Jallieu) is a French rugby union footballer, who played for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in the Top 14 club premiership in France until the 2006-2007 season. He moved to ASM Clermont Auvergne during summer 2007.

Bonnaire made his international debut for France in a match against Scotland on March 21, 2004 during the 2004 Six Nations Championship, as a replacement. He earned a further two caps for France that year, in tests against Australia and the All Blacks. The following year he was in the starting lineup for France in all five of their 2005 Six Nations Championship matches as well as the June/July tests against the Springboks and Australia. He scored his first try in June 18 test against the Springboks.

He received another three test caps in November of that year. The following year he again played in every match at the Six Nations that year, which France eventually went on to win.

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