Rugby union: André Boniface, legend of French rugby, died at 89

Rugby union: André Boniface, legend of French rugby, died at 89

André Boniface was 89 years old. MAXPPP – Louvier Isabelle

Center of the French XV, he won four V Nations tournaments and was French champion in 1963 with Mont-de-Marsan.

The former Mont-de-Marsan center André Boniface, French rugby legend, died Monday at the age of 89 at Bayonne hospital, we learned l’AFP with his family.

Engineering center of the XV of France, associated with his brother Guy, who died prematurely in a road accident in 1968, André Boniface won four Five Nations Tournaments. He also won a French championship title in 1963 and three Yves-du-Manoir Challenges with Stade Montois, his lifelong club.

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