Richard Astre

Richard Astre

Date of birth	(1948-08-28) 28 August 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Toulouse, France
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) ?-1967 TOEC () 1967-1978 AS Béziers () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1971-1976 France 12

Richard Astre (born 28 August 1948, in Toulouse, France) is a retired French international rugby union player.

Astre played as a Scrum-half for AS Béziers which he won six Top 14. In 1971 he was the youngest captain of French rugby championship. He earned his first national cap on 12 November 1971 against the Romania in Béziers. He captained France national rugby union team six times. But the coach Jean Desclaux preferred Jacques Fouroux.

• Selected to represent France, 1971–1974
• French rugby champion, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978 with AS Béziers
• Challenge Yves du Manoir 1972, 1975 and 1977 with AS Béziers
• French championship finalist 1976 with AS Béziers

• Richard Astre at ESPNscrum

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