Roger Biffi
Former France international rugby league player
Rugby player
Date of birth | (1942-12-30)30 December 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Bellegarde, Gers, Occitania, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 May 2004(2004-05-01) (aged 61) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Toulouse, France[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roger Biffi (Bellegarde, 30 December 1942 - Toulouse, 1 May 2004) was a rugby league and rugby union player. He played as second row.[2]
Career
Biffi first started his career playing rugby union for CA Lannemezan until 1968, when he switched codes to play rugby league for Saint-Gaudens, where he played until the end of his career, in 1973. He was also capped 7 times for France,[3] taking part at the 1970 Rugby League World Cup.
Honours
- Rugby league:
- French Championship:
- 2 time Champion in: 1969, 1973 (Saint-Gaudens)
- 3 times finalist in 1968, 1970, 1971 (Saint-Gaudens)
References
- ^ "Filae - Ici commence votre histoire".
- ^ a b Aimé Mouret (December 2011). "BIFFI Roger". Le Who's who du rugby à XIII (in French). Toulouse: Éditions de l'Ixcea. p. 191. ISBN 978-2-84918-118-8.
- ^ Louis Bonnery (1996). "Internationaux de 1934 au 31 décembre 1995". Le rugby à XIII le plus français du monde (in French). Limoux: Cano&Franck. p. 430. ASIN B000X3Z932.
External links
- Roger Biffi at rugbyleagueproject.com
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France squad – 1970 Rugby League World Cup
- Jean-Pierre Clar (c)
- Roger Biffi
- Élie Bonal
- Floréal Bonet
- Jacques Cabero
- Jean Capdouze
- Gérard Cremoux
- Jean-Claude Cros
- Francis de Nadaï
- Roger Garrigue
- Raymond Gruppi
- Germaine Guiraud
- Serge Marsolan
- Hervé Mazard
- Michel Molinier
- Daniel Pellerin
- André Ruiz
- Christian Sabatié