Franck Tournaire

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Franck Tournaire
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1972-12-04) 4 December 1972
Place of birth	Narbonne
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
Playing career
Position	Prop
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1995-1997 1997-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2007 2007-2008 2008-	RC Narbonne Stade Toulousain Leicester Tigers USA Perpignan RC Narbonne Racing Metro US Carcassonne	9 59 21 7	(5) (20) (0) (0)
correct as of February 12, 2009.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1995-2000	France	49	(10)
correct as of October 21, 2007.

Franck Tournaire (born 4 December 1972 in Narbonne) is a former French international professional rugby union player now playing amateur rugby for US Carcassonne.

As a prop, Tournaire played for Narbonne, Toulouse, Leicester, Perpignan and Narbonne again, ending in Pro D2 his professional career at the Racing Métro 92 Paris.

After retiring in 2008, Tournaire joined amateur club US Carcassonne in southern France.

Tournaire won 49 full caps for the French national team and won 2 Five Nations (1997 and 1998 both Grand Slams) and played in the 1999 Rugby World Cup where France were the runners-up losing in the final to Australia.

v t e France squad – 1999 Rugby World Cup Runners-up

Forwards	Auradou Benazzi Brouzet Califano Costes Dal Maso de Villiers Ibanez (c) Juillet M. Lièvremont T. Lièvremont Magne Mallier Pelous Soulette Tournaire

Backs	Bernat-Salles S. Castaignède T. Castaignède (injured) Brusque (sub) Desbrosse Dominici Dourthe Galthié (sub) Garbajosa Glas Lamaison Mignoni (injured) Marlu Mola Ntamack Sarramea

Coach	Skrela

External links

Persondata
Name	Tournaire, Franck
Alternative names
Short description	French rugby union player
Date of birth	4 December 1972
Place of birth	Narbonne
Date of death
Place of death

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