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Vainqueur du premier Grand Chelem français, Claude Lacaze s'en est allé


New Zealander ambassador in France Dick Hutchens (C) welcomes France's rugby team Walter Spanghero (L), Claude Lacaze (2nd R), Christian Carrere (R) and Benoit Dauga (2nd L) on June 26, 1968 as UTA airline company director Georges Fayet (3-L) looks on. The French team of Rugby Union was received at the Tourist Information Centre of the UTA for the inauguration of the exhibition "New Zealand". (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Claude Lacaze, 33 sélections avec le XV de France, avec qui il a signé le premier Grand Chelem de l’histoire du rugby français en 1968, est décédé samedi à Nice, à l’âge de 85 ans, comme révélé par son neveu.

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Frère de Pierre « Papillon » Lacaze (7 sélections en bleu), Claude Lacaze, né à Pontacq dans les Pyrénées-Atlantiques en 1940, avait été capitaine du XV de France dans les années 1960, qu’il avait notamment dirigé lors d’une tournée mémorable en 1968 en Nouvelle-Zélande et avec qui il avait aussi décroché deux victoires dans le Tournoi en 1962 et 1967.

Premier arrière à avoir marqué un essai sous le maillot de l’équipe de France, il avait inventé la combinaison où le numéro 15 venait s’intercaler dans la ligne d’attaque entre les deux centres.

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Arrière puis ouvreur du FC Lourdes, Claude Lacaze avait ensuite porté les couleurs du SC Angoulême puis du RRC Nice, avec les frères Herrero.

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