Date of birth | 17 January 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 120 kg (18 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olivier Sourgens (born 17 January 1972 in Cenon, France) is a French rugby union player. He plays at prop.
Sourgens has played six times for France A and played club rugby for Bordeaux-Bègles, Stade Montois, Pau, Bourgoin and Union Bordeaux Bègles. In June 2009, it was announced that Sourgens would move to Worcester Warriors for the 2009–10 season.
With Pieter de Villiers, Sylvain Marconnet and Olivier Milloud, all unavailable, Sourgens received an international call-up for France's two Test tour of New Zealand. Sourgens made his Test debut at the age of 35 against the All Blacks in Wellington in June 2007.
External links
- Leggat, David (8 June 2007). "Sourgens reckons life is fine as he joins French vintage of another kind". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 14 June 2007.
- "OLIVIER SOURGENS" (in French). lequipe.fr. Retrieved 14 June 2007.
- "Olivier Sourgens". ercrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2007.
- Worcester Warriors Profile
- France Profile
- 1972 births
- French rugby union players
- Living people
- Rugby union props
- Worcester Warriors players
- France international rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in England
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- French expatriate rugby union players
- CS Bourgoin-Jallieu players
- CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde players
- Section Paloise players
- Stade Montois Rugby players
- Union Bordeaux Bègles players
- Rugby union players from Gironde
- French rugby union biography stubs