Dominique Bouet
| Date of birth | 31 March 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Sort-en-Chalosse, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 July 1990 (aged 26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Nouméa, New Caledonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 236 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dominique Bouet (31 March 1964 — 2 July 1990) was a French international rugby union player.[1]
Biography
[edit]A native of Landes, Bouet started playing rugby as a youth at AS Monfort and in 1984 transferred to US Dax, where he would spent his career. He made his senior debut for US Dax in the 1986–87 season.[2]
Bouet won a France call up for the 1989 tour of New Zealand and featured in both Tests against the All Blacks. He was capped a further two times that year, in home internationals against the British Lions and Wallabies. In 1990, Bouet returned to the southern hemisphere for a tour of Australia and gained his fifth cap in the 3rd Test in Sydney.[3]
On the way home from Australia, the French team stopped over in Nouméa for several days of rest. After a night of celebration, Bouet suffered cardiac arrest in his hotel room and was found dead on the floor by his teammates.[4][5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sa Derniere Mi-Temps". L'Humanité (in French). 3 July 1990.
- ^ "Bouet, Capendéguy, Bergès-Cau, ne les oublions pas". Rugbyrama (in French). 26 October 2015.
- ^ "Bouet found dead in hotel". The Canberra Times. 3 July 1990. p. 22 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "French Rugby Player Found Dead". Los Angeles Times. 2 July 1990.
- ^ "Dominique Bouet pilier du XV de France meurt d'un arrêt cardiaque". Le Monde (in French). 3 July 1990.
External links
[edit]- Dominique Bouet at ESPNscrum