Lionel Campergue

Lionel Campergue
Full name	Lionel Campergue
Date of birth	24 November 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	98 kg (216 lb; 15 st 6 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Hooker
Current team	Bassin d'Arcachon
Youth career
2004-2007	Section Paloise
Senior career
Years	Team
2007-2011	Section Paloise
2011-2013	Colomiers Rugby
2013-2015	CA Périgueux
2015-2016	AS Mâcon Rugby
2016-2017	US Cognac
2017-2021	UCS Cognac
2021-2023	Bassin d'Arcachon
Total	2007-2023
	Correct as of 1 August 2023
International career
Years	Team
2011-	Portugal
	Correct as of 1 August 2023

Lionel Campergue (born 24 November 1987) is a French-born Portuguese rugby union player who plays as a hooker.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Club career

Section Paloise

Campergue joined Pau Espoirs at 17 in 2004. He went on to make his debut in 2011 for the ProD2 side. For 4 years he played with the French side before leaving to join Colomiers.^[4]

Colomiers

In his first season with Colomiers he helped them gain promotion to the ProD2. After a season returning to the ProD2 with only 6 appearances, Campergue joins Fédérale 1 side CA Périgueux.^[4]

CA Périgueux

He spent 2 years at the club before joining rival side AS Macon Rugby.^[4]

AS Macon Rugby

After only 14 appearances at the Fédérale 1 side he left.^[4]

US Cognac / Union Cognac Saint-Jean-d'Angély

In 2016 he joined US Cognac playing one season before the team merged with Rugby Athletic Club Angérien to form Union Cognac Saint-Jean-d'Angély, where Campergue stayed for another 4 years.^[4]

Bassin d'Arcachon

He joined Bassin d'Arcachon in 2021.^[4] He announced he was retiring after the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

International career

Qualifying through his Portuguese mother,^[5] he made his debut for the Portuguese national team in 2010 against the USA. He helped his national team qualify for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.^[6]

References

^ "Lionel Campergue". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Lionel CAMPERGUE profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Lionel Campergue". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Lionel CAMPERGUE - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ Hirigoyenberry, Propos recueillis par Patrice (12 January 2022). "Bassin d'Arcachon : rencontre avec Lionel Campergue, le talonneur du rugby club" (in French). ISSN 1760-6454. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Coupe du Monde de rugby : le talonneur du Bassin d'Arcachon qui va jouer sous les couleurs du Portugal". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 24 June 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[1] "Lionel Campergue". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[2] "Lionel CAMPERGUE profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[3] "Lionel Campergue". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[:0-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Lionel CAMPERGUE - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[5] Hirigoyenberry, Propos recueillis par Patrice (12 January 2022). "Bassin d'Arcachon : rencontre avec Lionel Campergue, le talonneur du rugby club" (in French). ISSN 1760-6454. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[6] "Coupe du Monde de rugby : le talonneur du Bassin d'Arcachon qui va jouer sous les couleurs du Portugal". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 24 June 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

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