Jean Darricau, (born 2 October 1931) is a French former rugby union and league footballer in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He played as centre or lock forward.

After his debut in rugby union for US Dax with which he won the Frantz Reichel Cup in 1949 and 1950, then a stint at SBUC, he switched codes in 1952 to join rugby league and Bordeaux, with which he won the French Championship in 1954. Later, he joined the Lyon club.

Jean Darricau

Thanks to his performances, he was called up twice for the France national team in 1957 to face Great Britain, and was called up for the 1960 tour.

Jean Darricau

Biography

Outside the pitch, he worked as an industrial designer.

Jean Darricau

Honours

Rugby league

Team honours : French champion in : 1954 (Bordeaux).

Rugby union

Team honours : French junior champion : 1949 and 1950 (Dax).

References

Bibliography

External links

Jean Darricau at rugbyleagueproject.org

Stade Bordelais players

US Dax players

French rugby league players

France national rugby league team players

Living people

1931 births

Rugby league centres

Rugby league locks

Sportspeople from Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Rugby union players from Nouvelle-Aquitaine