Arnaud Costes

Arnaud Costes

Birth name	Arnaud Costes
Date of birth	(1973-06-16) 16 June 1973
Place of birth	Tulle, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	99 kg (218 lb)
Occupation(s)	Rugby union coach
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker Current team Castelnaudary (coach) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1993–2000 2000–2002 2002–2003 2003–2005 2005–2007 Montferrand Castres Bourgoin-Jallieu Béziers Gaillac 7 10 41 24 (0) (10) (20) (15) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1994–2000 France 14 (5)

Arnaud Costes (born 16 June 1973) is a French former international rugby union footballer who also played for France national team.

Career

As flanker he played for several French clubs: he debuted in the French championship in 1993 with Montferrand, where he also won the 1998–99 European Challenge Cup; in 2000 he moved to Castres for which he played until 2002; he then played the 2002–03 season with Bourgoin-Jallieu then ended his professional career at Béziers (2003–2005).

Finally he moved at 34 to the amateur club Gaillac in Fédérale 3 where he closed definitely his career as player in 2007, aged 36.

As international he won 14 full caps for France and took part to two consecutive World Cups, in 1995 (1 match) and in 1999, where France were runners-up.

His last international game was against Ireland during the 2000 Six Nations Championship.

Since retirement he has managed the amateur club Rugby Olympique de Castelnaudary, (Fédérale 3).

Honours

Club

• European Challenge Cup winner (1999) with AS Montferrand

International

• 14 full caps, 1 try with France
• Runner-up at the 1999 Rugby World Cup

External links

• (in French) Club stats from itsrugby.fr
• International stats from scrum.com