Former France international rugby league footballer
Raymond Contrastin
Personal information
Born
(1925-04-05) 5 April 1925 (age 99) Condom, Gers, Occitania, France
Playing information
Rugby league
Position
Prop
Club
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
1947–50
RC Roanne XIII
1950–58
Bordeaux
Total
0
0
0
0
0
Representative
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
1948–58
France
33
24
0
0
72
Rugby union
Club
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
19??–47
Condom
Source: [1]
As of 17 January 2021
Raymond Contrastin (born in Condom, on 5 April 1925[2] – 1985) was a French rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. A France international representative winger, he has been inducted into the International Rugby League Hall of Fame.
He started playing rugby union for SA Condom until 1947,[3] before joining RC Roanne XIII, with which he was French champion in 1928 and for Bordeaux XIII, with which he won the 1954 title.
Contrastin featured in the 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand, Les Chanticleers first such tour, during which they lost four of their 28 games.[4][5]
He played for France during the 1954 Rugby League World Cup, including the final against Great Britain in which he scored a try.[6]
^Raymond Contrastin rugbyleagueproject.org
^"Wikiwix's cache". archive.wikiwix.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
^"Wikiwix's cache". archive.wikiwix.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
^Goodman, Tom (20 May 1951). "Caillou now French League Side's Leader". The Sunday Herald. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
^Jessup, Peter (16 November 2007). "Battle of attrition". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
^"Raymond Contrastin". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
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