Julien Rinaldi
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| Born | 27 April 1979 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Gard, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.775 m (5 ft 9.9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker, Scrum-half | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Julien Rinaldi (born 27 April 1979) is a French former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Catalans Dragons, London Broncos and the Bradford Bulls in the Super League. He also played for and coaches the Villeneuve Leopards in the Elite One Championship in France. Rinaldi was a France international. His preferred position is scrum-half, however, he has spent most of his career at hooker.
Rinaldi has also played for the Bradford Bulls, Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles, the Catalans Dragons and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.[4]
Background
[edit | edit source]Rinaldi was born in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]He was named in the France squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[5] Rinaldi signed a one-month deal to play for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats after returning from France.[6] He then signed a new contract to remain with Wakefield Trinity until the end of the 2011 season.
References
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- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ engage Super League Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine. Superleague.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Rinaldi joins Wildcats|Sky Sports|Rugby League|News. Sky Sports (2010-06-17). Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
External links
[edit | edit source]- "My life in rugby league: Julien Rinaldi" interview at TotalRL.com
- Quins RL profile[permanent dead link]
- 1979 births
- Living people
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Bradford Bulls players
- Catalans Dragons players
- France national rugby league team captains
- France national rugby league team players
- French rugby league players
- London Broncos players
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby league hookers
- Rugby league players from Occitania (administrative region)
- Sportspeople from Gard
- Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles players
- Villeneuve Leopards players
- Wakefield Trinity players
- French rugby league biography stubs