Pierre Lacaze (rugby)

Pierre Lacaze

Pierre Lacaze in 1959
Personal information
Born	(1934-05-04)4 May 1934 Pontacq, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Died	8 July 1995(1995-07-08) (aged 61) Lourdes, France
Playing information
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	68 kg (10 st 10 lb)
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 19??–?? Papillons de Pontacq 19??–?? Racing Club de France 1954–59 FC Lourdes Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1958–59 France 7 0 1 14
Rugby league
Position	fullback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1959 Toulouse Olympique FC Lezignan Marseille XIII Grenoble Olympique XIII Catalan Montpellier XIII Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1960–67 France 12 0 40 0 80
Source: As of 19 January 2021

Pierre Lacaze (4 May 1934 - 8 July 1995) was a French international rugby player, both union and league. His younger brother, Claude, was also a France rugby union & league international player. He was nicknamed Papillon (Butterfly) and was 1.68 m high and weighed 68 kg.

Rugby

He took up rugby union with his local Pontacq club, followed by Racing Club de France and lastly FC Lourdes; winning caps for France too. He played as fly-half or as fullback.

.In 1959, he switched codes to play rugby league, first for Toulouse, then FC Lezignan; also winning international caps for France.

International rugby union career

He won his first test cap against South Africa on 26 July 1958 and his last against Ireland on 18 April 1959. He was part of the squad which won against Springboks in South Africa for the first time on 16 August 1958 during a historical tour for the French team. He replaced a severely injured Michel Vannier as fullback for France.

• 7 caps
• 3 drop goals, 1 penalty, 1 conversion, 14 points
• Caps per season : 2 in 1958, 5 in 1959
• Champion of the 1959 Five Nations Championship

Honours

Rugby union

• Frantz Reichel Cup:
  • Champion (1) : 1954 for Racing
• Challenge Yves du Manoir :
  • Winner (1) : 1956
• French Championship First Division :
  • Champion (3) : 1956, 1957 et 1958
  • Runner-up (1) : 1955

Rugby league

• French Champion for Toulouse Olympique (scoring 26 points during this match) (1965)
• Winner of the Lord Derby Cup for FC Lézignan (1970)
• Runner-up for Toulouse Olympique (1962, 1963, 1964, 1968) and for FC Lézignan (1971)

External links

• Pierre Lacaze at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Pierre Lacaze at ESPNscrum