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| Full name | Frédéric Quercy | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 July 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 227 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Frédéric Quercy (born 6 July 1991) is a French professional rugby union player of Spanish descent.[1]
Biography
[edit]A native of Béziers, Quercy was a boxer in his youth, but quit at the age of 16 to focus on rugby, a sport both his father and grandfather had played. His grandfather won a national championship with AS Béziers and it was at that club that Quercy originally trained. He was a French representative player at under-18 and under-19 level.[2]
Quercy, a back-row forward, got started in senior rugby at Montpellier Hérault, where he played in the Top 14 and Heineken Cup. Since leaving Montpellier, Quercy has played his rugby in the Pro D2, with SC Albi, USON Nevers and US Montauban.[3] He competes for Spain in international rugby, by virtue of having a paternal grandmother from Valencia.[4] In 2022, Quercy scored a try in Spain's 33–28 win over Portugal that secured qualification for the World Cup, but their place in the tournament was taken away after they were found to have earlier fielded an ineligible player.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Montauban. Fred Quercy : "Un derby contre Colomiers a toujours une saveur particulière"". La Dépêche (in French). 3 November 2023.
- ^ "Frédéric Quercy (3e ligne) : rugbyman de père en fils". La Dépêche (in French). 13 August 2015.
- ^ "Rugby/Pro D2 - L'ambition raisonnable de Fred Quercy, flanker de Montauban, et ancien de l'USON Nevers". Le Journal du Centre (in French). 23 August 2022.
- ^ "XV del León: Fred Quercy, un flanker con alma de púgil para noquear a Portugal". Real Federación Española de Rugby (in Spanish). 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Rugby : Fred Quercy en veut à sa fédération après la disqualification de l'Espagne à la Coupe du monde". Le Figaro (in French). 1 May 2022.