Virgile Lacombe


Virgile Lacombe is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Racing Métro. His usual position is hooker.

Career

He started his career at Nîmes, but moved to Toulouse for the 1999–2000 French Rugby Union Championship. During seven seasons at Toulouse, he made 131 appearances and won the Top 14 championship in 2007–08 and 2010–11, as well as the Heineken Cup in 2004–05 and the 2009–10.
He then joined CA Brive for the 2011–12 Top 14 season, but returned to Toulouse the following season as a medical joker.

2013 Southern Kings Super Rugby season

He joined the for the 2013 Super Rugby season.
He didn't feature in their first three games, but was then named in their touring squad to Australasia for games against,, and,. However, he was then recalled after the Kings fielded more than the allowed two foreigner players in their match against the. Instead, he make three appearances for the in the domestic 2013 Vodacom Cup tournament, scoring a try in the match against the.
Following an injury to New Zealander Hadleigh Parkes, he was eligible for selection again and made his debut for the in their match against the in Bloemfontein. He also made substitute appearances in the next three matches against the, and the return match against the.

Return to France

He signed a deal to return to France to play for Racing Métro for 2013–14 and left the Kings in July 2013.

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