Franck Mesnel is a former French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 rugby union

Rugby union

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 footballer. He played as a fly-half and as a centre.

Mesnel played for Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Saint-Germain-en-Laye

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 (1980/81-1985/86) and Racing Club de France

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 (1986/87-1996/97). He won the title of the French Top 14, in 1990, and finished second in 1987.

He had 56 caps for France

France national rugby union team

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, from 1986 to 1995, scoring eight tries and three drop goals, 41 points in aggregate. He won the Five Nations

Six Nations Championship

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 four times, first with a Grand Slam, in 1987, then in 1988, tied with Wales

Wales national rugby union team

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, 1989 and 1993. Mesnel also played in the Rugby World Cup

Rugby World Cup

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 finals, in 1987, being vice-champion, 1991 and 1995, always without scoring. He also played for the English invitational team, the Barbarian F.C.

Barbarian F.C.

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, alongside fellow French international Jean-Baptiste Lafond

Jean-Baptiste Lafond

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After ending his player career, he became a sports commentator.

External links

• Franck Mesnel, sporting-heroes.net
• Franck Mesnel International Statistics