David Despin
France international rugby league player & coach
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Born | (1975-03-09) 9 March 1975 (age 49) France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Despin is a French coach and former rugby league footballer who represented France at the 1995 and 2000 World Cups.
Playing career
Despin played for the Villeneuve Leopards in French domestic tournaments. He first represented France in 1991. He remained part of the French squad for the rest of the decade, being selected in the 1995 and 2000 World Cup teams.[2] In 1997 Despin was part of Frances nines squad that competed in the Rugby League World Nines tournament.[3]
In 1996 he joined the new Paris Saint-Germain side in 1996's Super League I. After the season ended he returned to the Leopards and was part of their 2000 and 2001 Challenge Cup runs.[4]
Despin later coached Villeneuve.
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France squad – 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup
- Pierre Aillères
- Adolphe Alésina
- Christophe Auroy
- Abdrajah Baba
- Jean-Marc Balleroy
- Thierry Bernabé
- Denis Biénès
- Pascal Bomati
- Christophe Bonnafous
- Gérard Boyals
- Thierry Buttignol
- Didier Cabestany
- Éric Castel
- Pierre Chamorin
- Philippe Chiron
- Régis Courty
- Guy Delaunay
- Lindsay Delpech
- David Despin
- Daniel Divet
- Gilles Dumas
- Patrick Entat
- Pascal Fages
- David Fraisse
- Philippe Fourquet
- Jean-Marc Garcia
- Mathieu Khedimi
- Patrick Limongi
- Bernard Llong
- Francis Lope
- Jean-Pierre Magnac
- Patrick Marginet
- Jacques Moliner
- Pierre Montgaillard
- Roger Palisses
- Jacques Pech
- Bertrand Planté
- Jean-Philippe Pougeau
- Cyrille Pons
- Jean-Luc Rabot
- Hugues Ratier
- Éric Rémirez
- Franck Romano
- Jean Ruiz
- Claude Sirvent
- Yves Storer
- Patrick Torreilles
- Marc Tisseyre
- Thierry Valéro
- Daniel Verdès
- Yves Villoni
- Robert Vizcay
- Coaches: Jacques Jorda
- Michel Mazaré