Aurélien Rougerie

Aurélien Rougerie
Personal information
Full name Aurélien Rougerie
Date of birth 26 September 1980
Place of birth Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 104 kg (229 lb; 16.4 st)
Spouse(s) Amandine Rougerie
Relatives Jacques Rougerie, Christine Dulac
Club information
Position(s) Wing and Centre
Current club ASM Clermont Auvergne
Senior clubs*
YearsClubApps (points)
2001-Clermont299 (538)
Representative teams
2001-2012 France76 (115)
* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 17 January 2015.

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.

Career

Aurelien Rougerie

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).

He made his debut with the French national team against South Africa in 2001.

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 championish, the Bouclier de Brennus, after 10 unlucky chances, against Perpignan in a one way final (19-6) on the 29th of May 2010.

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