Hervé Couffignal
| Date of birth | 28 September 1965 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of death | 17 December 2017 (aged 52) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Hervé Couffignal (28 September 1965 — 17 December 2017) was a French rugby union international.
A centre from Carmaux, Couffignal spent most of his career with US Colomiers, which he joined in 1988 after a brief spell at Stade Rochelais. He was capped by France in a win over Romania at Stadionul Dinamo in 1993 and later that year toured South Africa, but didn't play either Test. He finished his career with stints at FC Villefranche and US Verfeil.[1]
Couffignal died in 2017, suffering a heart attacking while jogging.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Rugby : décès d'Hervé Couffignal". La Dépêche (in French). 24 December 2017.
- ^ "Carnet noir : décès d'Hervé Couffignal". rugbyrama.fr (in French). 18 December 2017.
External links
- Hervé Couffignal at ESPNscrum