- Vincent Clerc
Infobox Rugby biography
name = Vincent Clerc
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|5|7
placeofbirth =Échirolles
dateofdeath =
placeofdeath =
height = height|m=1.78
weight = convert|90|kg|stlb|abbr=on
nickname =Moses
ru_position = Wing|capital=yes
ru_nationalteam = France
ru_nationalyears = 2002-
ru_nationalcaps = 30
ru_nationalpoints = (100)
ru_ntupdate =February 10 2008
ru_amateuryears =
ru_amateurclubs =
ru_amupdate =
ru_clubyears = 1998-2002 2002-
ru_proclubs =FC Grenoble Stade Toulousain
ru_clubcaps =
ru_clubpoints =
ru_clubupdate =October 13 2007 Vincent Clerc (born
May 7 1981 ) is a Frenchrugby union player who plays on the wing. Although he is small, he is a dangerous finisher when given the ball.Born in the city of
Échirolles , suburb of the south ofGrenoble (Isère ), Clerc first played rugby atFC Grenoble , helping them reach the Top 16 before moving to Toulouse in 2002, where he has been playing ever since. He earned his first cap for France onNovember 9 2002 against South Africa, and was selected as a member of the 2007 Rugby World Cup squad. He scored 5 tries during the first two games of the2008 Six Nations Championship against Scotland and Ireland. In a post-match interview after the match against Ireland Clerc stated to the French TV channelFrance 2 that he "never would have been able to score a hat-trick ifShane Horgan had been playing." Horgan and Clerc have had a long rivalry and, unfortunately for Ireland, Horgan was unfit to play.Honours
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Stade Toulousain
**Heineken Cup (2003 and 2005)
**Top 14 (2008)*France national team
**Six Nations Championship (2004, 2006 and 2007)
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