Yacine Dekkiche

Yacine Dekkiche is a French rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He represented France at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.

Yacine Dekkiche

Personal information
Born	(1980-02-19) 19 February 1980 (age 45) France
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	85 kg (13 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Wing, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000 Huddersfield-Sheffield 14 3 0 0 12 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1999–2000 France 4 1 0 0 4
Rugby union
Position	Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001–02 La Rochelle 8 0 0 0 0 2005–06 Tarbes 15 3 0 0 15 2006–08 Limoges 4 0 0 0 0 2008–10 Niort 25 2 0 0 10 2012–13 Saint-Jean d'Angely 4 1 0 0 5 Total 56 6 0 0 30
Source: [1][2]

Playing career

Dekkiche originally played rugby league and in 2000 played for Huddersfield-Sheffield in the Super League. Between 1999 and 2000 he played in four matches for France, including one at the 2000 World Cup.^[1][3]

In 2001 Dekkiche switched codes to rugby union, joining La Rochelle in the Top 16. Between 2005 and 2010 Dekkiche played for a variety of clubs in both the Rugby Pro D2 and Fédérale 1 divisions. In the 2012–13 season he played for Saint-Jean-d'Angély.^[2]