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| Birth name | Damien Traille | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1979-06-12)12 June 1979 (age 45) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pau,France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Damien Traille (born 12 June 1979) is a formerFrenchrugby union player. He usually played as acentre,full-back andfly-half.
He has played forFrance, including at the2003 Rugby World Cup and the2011 Rugby World Cup as well as France'sSix Nations victories in2002,2004,2006 and2007.
He played forPau from the late 1990s through to 2004, when he moved to his current club, Biarritz. Traille made his debut for France in 2001 in a match against theSpringboks inParis. France won the match 20 points to 10. He subsequently made a further two appearances for the national side that year, playing in a test againstAustralia inMarseille which was won by one point, with the final score 14 to 13 to France, as well as a test againstFiji inSt Etienne, which France won by over 60 points.
Traille played in all of France's matches during the2002 Six Nations Championship. France won all of their five games, which saw them complete a grandslam and win the tournament. He received another six caps for France later that year, playing in tests againstArgentina, Australia, South Africa, theAll Blacks andCanada.
In 2003 Traille played in all of France's matches during the2003 Six Nations Championship, with France winning three of their five games. He played five more times for France prior to theWorld Cup that year; in the two losses to Argentina and the loss to the All Blacks as well as the win overRomania and a 17 to 16 win overEngland.
Traille was included in France's2003 Rugby World Cup squad inAustralia and played in all of France's five pool matches. France won all their pool games against Fiji,Scotland,Japan and theUnited States, which saw France finish at the top of their pool. France lost to the All Blacks in the third/fourth place play-off.
The following year, Traille was a part of France's grandslam victory at the2004 Six Nations Championship, playing in all of their five victories. He was a part of the2005 Six Nations Championship as well, playing in all the matches, with France only losing the one game toWales. He played tests against Australia and South Africa later in the year as well.
Traille played in three of France's matches as the2006 Six Nations Championship, in the wins overItaly, England and Wales. Biarritz made it to the final of the2005-06 Heineken Cup, but lost toMunster. Biarritz then won the2005-06 Top 14, defeatingStade Toulousain in the final.