Roger Garrigue

Roger Garrigue (born 26 June 1941), sometimes written as Roger Garrigues^[2] (born in Toulouse, on 26 May 1941), is a French former professional rugby league footballer and coach, who played as centre, stand-off or scrum-half.

Roger Garrigue

Personal information
Full name	Roger Garrigues
Born	(1941-06-26) 26 June 1941 (age 82) Toulouse, France
Playing information
Position	Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 19??–69 Albi 1969–?? Saint-Gaudens 1969–74 Toulouse Olympique 1975–76 Villefranche XIII Aveyron Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1964–73 France 15 1 8 4 26
Coaching information
Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 1981 France 2 0 0 2 0
Source: ^[1] As of 12 February 2021

Biography

Originally, a rugby union player formed at TOEC XV, Garrigue would later switch codes to play for Saint-Gaudens^[3][4][5] and then, for Toulouse Olympique, where he would play for most of his career, before joining Villefranche-de-Rouergue.^[6]

Defined as "An excellent defender and strategist", an author in 1984 estimated that he missed "the great acceleration, which decides everything, to equal the more sophisticated players at his preferred position".^[5]

He also represented France, playing in the 1968 Rugby League World Cup final lost against Australia.

Garrigue also was the coach of France national rugby league team in 1978^[7] and then, in 1981,^[8] coaching France in two tests lost against New Zealand in Carlaw Park.

An aeronautical technician, according to a source in 2011, he lives in "Ariège, near Suc".^[6]

 

Garrigue (at the centre) celebrating Toulouse Olympique's French Championship title in 1973 after the match against Marseille.

Honours

• Rugby league :
• World Cup :
  • 1 time runner-up in 1968 (France).

Caps

International caps

	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Position	Points	Essais	Pen.	Drops
playing for France
.	25 May 1968	Carlaw Park, Auckland, New Zealand	New Zealand	15-10	World Cup	Stand-off	2	-	1	-
.	2 June 1968	Lang Park, Brisbane, Australia	Great Britain	7-2	World Cup	Halfback	2	-	1	-
.	10 June 1968	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	Australia	2-20	World Cup	Halfback	-	-	-	-
.	1 November 1970	Bradford, England	Australia	17-15	World Cup	Halfback	2	-	-	1

References

1. [1] rugbyleagueproject.org
2. "XIII : le premier événement de l'année contre Toulouse". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-19.
3. "En 1966, le XIII fait un carton". midi-olympique.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-19.
4. "Rugby à XIII. Saint-Gaudens en finale : Quand Serge Marsolan se souvient". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-19.
5. Passamar, André (1984). L'encyclopédie de Treize Magazine. Toulouse: Sud-Ouest Presse impression. p. 72. ASIN B0014I5GK6.
6. Mouret, Aimé (December 2011). Le Who's who du rugby à XIII. Toulouse: Éditions de l'Ixcea. p. 115. ISBN 978-2-84918-118-8.
7. Girette, Hervé (2018-11-09). "EURO 2018 : Les anciens de 78 se retrouvent!". Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-19.
8. 04 Jul 1981 - RUGBY LEAGUE Frenchmen hope for upset in 1st test