Advertisement




What did Flament study at Loughborough? Did Thibaud Flament graduate from Loughborough?

By

Posted On

in

Thibaud Flament was born on 29 April 1997 and is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Top 14 club Toulouse and the France national team.

Advertisement



Born in Paris, Thibaud Flament grew up in Brussels, Belgium where his father worked and founded an amateur rugby union club. He started rugby at 8, playing for ASUB Waterloo, one of the best clubs in Belgium. He left Belgium for the United Kingdom and Loughborough University to pursue his college studies at 18.

Flament began playing rugby for Loughborough Students RUFC, the famous British college team. Playing usually as a fly-half, he started in the fifth team and then changed position, being converted to the second row due to his height and weight gain.

In 2017, he spent one placement year in Argentina playing for Club Newman before returning to Loughborough, now a first-teamer and an important player.

PHOTO CREDIT:
L’Humanité

Consequently, he drew the attention of Wasps and joined the Premiership team academy in June 2019.

Advertisement



On 21 September 2019, he made his professional debut against Saracens in the 2019–20 Premiership Rugby Cup and scored a try.

After playing sixteen games with the Coventry club, Flament signed for Toulouse on 17 August 2020. In his first year with the French club, he won the 2020-21 Top 14 and the 2020–21 European Rugby Champions Cup and then extended his contract until 2026 on 8 June 2022.

He was first called to the French national senior team by Fabien Galthié on 18 October 2021, for the autumn internationals.

He earned his first cap for France on 6 November 2021 against Argentina, scoring a try on his debut.

In 2022, he won the 2022 Six Nations Championship and the Grand Slam, clinching the title with a 25–13 win over England at the Stade de France.

What did Flament study at Loughborough?

Paris-born Flament – who graduated in BSc International Business in 2019 – started playing the sport seriously at University and it soon became apparent the youngster had a talent for the game

Did Thibaud Flament graduate from Loughborough?

Representative Honours: Appeared in 10 of 13 Premiership games in the 2019/20 season for Wasps, the year after graduating from Loughborough.


Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Latest News