Didier Camberabero
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Didier Camberabero is a former French international rugby union
. He played as fly half.
, and nephew of Lilian Camberabero, two brothers who took part in the first Grand Slam
won by France. His brother, Gilles, is also an outstanding rugby player.
Didier is the third highest point scorer for the French international team, with 354 points in 36 tests match, behind Christophe Lamaison
(380 pts in 37 tests) and Thierry Lacroix
(367 points in 43 tests).
Didier also previously set a world record for the greatest number of points on only one match in team of France: 30, against Zimbabwe in 1987. This still stands as a French national record, although the world record has now been surpassed by Simon Culhane
(45 points, against Japan in 1995).
With his father Guy, Didier is tied the French record of the number of successful conversions on a match: 9 in 1987, against Zimbabwe.
He held the world record for the number of successful drop goals in a single match match, 3 in 1990 until Jannie De Beer
of South Africa
broke this when he kicked 5 against England in the 1999 Rugby World Cup
quarter final.
Camberabero felt the intrustion of the Cold War
in the 1984 FIRA Championships. As a member of the French armed forces, the Polish rugby body tried to prevent him playing , along with Henri Sanz
and the Brive RFC centre Yves Fouget, because they were supposed to constitute a security risk to the Communist Regime.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
. He played as fly half.
Biography
Didier is son of former international, Guy CamberaberoGuy Camberabero
Guy Camberabero is a former French rugby union footballer.His position was fly-half. His team were La Voulte sportif, where he won the French rugby championship, in 1970 and US Tyrosse. He was a part of the French national team which won the 1968 Grand Slam in the Five Nations...
, and nephew of Lilian Camberabero, two brothers who took part in the first Grand Slam
Grand Slam (Rugby Union)
In rugby union, a Grand Slam occurs when one team in the Six Nations Championship manages to beat all the others during one year's competition...
won by France. His brother, Gilles, is also an outstanding rugby player.
Didier is the third highest point scorer for the French international team, with 354 points in 36 tests match, behind Christophe Lamaison
Christophe Lamaison
Christophe Lamaison is a former French rugby union footballer who represented France at international level, and Brive, Agen and Aviron Bayonnais at professional club level. He won 37 caps and is the current all-time leading points scorer for France, with 380 points...
(380 pts in 37 tests) and Thierry Lacroix
Thierry Lacroix
Thierry Lacroix is a former French rugby union footballer. He won 43 caps playing at fly-half for the French rugby union side. He made his international test debut at the age of 22 on 4 November 1989 as a replacement against Australia. He was part of the winning side in the 1993 Five Nations...
(367 points in 43 tests).
Didier also previously set a world record for the greatest number of points on only one match in team of France: 30, against Zimbabwe in 1987. This still stands as a French national record, although the world record has now been surpassed by Simon Culhane
Simon Culhane
Simon Culhane is a rugby player who won 6 caps playing at fly-half for the New Zealand rugby union side . He made his international test debut at the age of 27 on 4 June 1995 during the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The match, against Japan was won 145-17 and is the largest winning margin for an All...
(45 points, against Japan in 1995).
With his father Guy, Didier is tied the French record of the number of successful conversions on a match: 9 in 1987, against Zimbabwe.
He held the world record for the number of successful drop goals in a single match match, 3 in 1990 until Jannie De Beer
Jannie de Beer
Jan Hendrik de Beer , nicknamed Jannie, is a South African former rugby union player. He played flyhalf for the South African national team, the Springboks. In all he represented the Springboks in 13 tests, scoring 183 points. He stands 1.82 meters tall, and weighs 87 kilograms...
of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
broke this when he kicked 5 against England in the 1999 Rugby World Cup
1999 Rugby World Cup
The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, and the first to be held in rugby union's professional era. The principal host nation was Wales, although the majority of matches were played outside the country, shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland...
quarter final.
Camberabero felt the intrustion of the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
in the 1984 FIRA Championships. As a member of the French armed forces, the Polish rugby body tried to prevent him playing , along with Henri Sanz
Henri Sanz
Henri Sanz was a French rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half.Sanz first played for Electrogaz Toulouse, then in SC Graulhet, moving afterwards to RC Narbonne, where he would spend most of his career. He reached the post of captain and won three titles of the Cup of France, in 1988/89,...
and the Brive RFC centre Yves Fouget, because they were supposed to constitute a security risk to the Communist Regime.
Statistics
- 36 caps for France, between 1982 to 1991
- Played in the final of the Rugby World CupRugby World CupThe Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987....
in 1987 - Winner of the Five NationsSix Nations ChampionshipThe Six Nations Championship is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales....
tournament in 1983