René Bergès-Cau

René Bergès-Cau (28 October 1949 – 22 May 1983) was a French international rugby union player.

René Bergès-Cau

Date of birth	(1949-10-28)28 October 1949
Place of birth	Encausse-les-Thermes, France
Date of death	22 May 1983(1983-05-22) (aged 33)
Place of death	Tarbes, France
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	174 lb (79 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1976 France 1 (0)

Bergès-Cau was born in Encausse-les-Thermes and grew up in Maubourguet.^[1]

A fullback, Bergès-Cau was a Stado Tarbes junior, but spent most of his senior career with FC Lourdes and was capped once for France. His international opportunity came as a substitute in a 1976 Five Nations against England in Paris, where he came on for an injured Jean-Michel Aguirre two minutes before half–time.^[2][3]

See also

• List of France national rugby union players