Vincent Duport
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Vincent Duport
Vincent Duport (born 15 December 1987 in France
) is a French professional rugby league
footballer for Catalans Dragons
in Super League
. He was previously playing for Toulouse Olympique
in the Co-operative Championship. Primarily a centre but also used to playing in the back row and wing, he is highly regarded in France as a talented, if physically fragile, youngster.
He has been named in the France training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup
.
He has returned to the Dragons for the remainder of the 2010 season after being granted a release from Toulouse.
Vincent Duport (born 15 December 1987 in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) is a French professional rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer for Catalans Dragons
Catalans Dragons
The Catalans Dragons are a French professional rugby league club based in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales. They currently play in the Super League, and are the only team in the competition from outside of the United Kingdom...
in Super League
Super League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
. He was previously playing for Toulouse Olympique
Toulouse Olympique
Toulouse Olympique are a French professional rugby league team from Toulouse, in the southwest of France. They were founded on 22 October, in 1937 two years after the founding of the French Rugby League Federation. Between 1995 and 2002 the club were known as Spacers de Toulouse, due to links with...
in the Co-operative Championship. Primarily a centre but also used to playing in the back row and wing, he is highly regarded in France as a talented, if physically fragile, youngster.
He has been named in the France training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup
2008 Rugby League World Cup
The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since the inauguration of the tournament in 1954, and the first since the 2000 event...
.
He has returned to the Dragons for the remainder of the 2010 season after being granted a release from Toulouse.