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Robert Paparemborde

Robert Paparemborde
Date of birth	(1948-07-05)5 July 1948
Place of birth	Ance, France
Date of death	18 April 2001(2001-04-18) (aged 52)
Place of death	Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Shopkeeper then rugby administration
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1966–1983 Pau () 1983–1984 Racing Club de France () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1975–1983 France 55 (40)

Robert Paparemborde (5 July 1948 – 18 April 2001), was a French rugby union player. He was capped 55 times, 5 as captain, for the French national side.

He was regarded as one of the greatest prop-forwards and was a member of the French team that won the Five Nations Championship in 1977 (Grand Slam), 1981(Grand Slam), and 1983.

He also played for a World XV on 9 August 1980 against Argentina in Buenos Aires, losing 36-22.

He died of pancreatic cancer on 18 April 2001 in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Notes

1. "La vallée d'Ossau : Culture et mémoire - Robert Paparemborde".
2. BBC, 19 April 2001, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/1285197.stm
3. The Independent, 23 April 2001,
4. "Game mourns `immovable' Paparemborde". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
5. Player list for World XV

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