Jean-Pierre Bastiat
French rugby player (1949–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jean-Pierre Bastiat (11 April 1949 – 3 February 2021) was a French international rugby union player. He played as a Lock and Number 8 for US Dax.
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Date of birth | (1949-04-11)11 April 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Pouillon, Landes, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 3 February 2021(2021-02-03) (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Dax, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 109 kg (240 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bastiat was born in Pouillon, Landes.[citation needed] As a youngster, Bariet played basketball.[1] He earned his first cap with the French national team on 14 December 1969 against Romania at Colombes.[citation needed] He won the 1970 and 1973 Five Nations Championships,[1] as well as the Grand Slam in the 1977 Five Nations Championship. The next year he captained France replacing the retired Jacques Fouroux.[1] He retired in 1978 due to a knee injury.[1] In total, Bastiat made 32 appearances for France between 1969 and 1978.[1]