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Rugby: Death of Claude Lacaze, Player of the First French Grand Slam

Claude Lacaze, 33 selections with the XV of France, with whom he signed the first Grand Slam in the history of the French rugby in 1968, died on Saturday in Nice, at the age of 85, learned the AFP with his nephew. Brother of Pierre "Paillon" Lacaze (7 selections in blue), Claude Lacaze had been captain of the XV of France in the 1960s, which he had led during a memorable tour in 1968 in New Zealand and with whom he had also won two victories in …

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Back then former opener of FC Lourdes (Hautes-Pyrénées), former rugbyman Claude Lacaze died at 85 years of age. He had been the first to have scored a test under the jersey of the French team of which he was captain.

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The former RRC player Nice died at the age of 85. He had signed in 1968 the first Grand Slam of the French rugby team, of which he was captain.

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Brother of Pierre "Papillon" Lacaze, the former opener or backman of the XV of France Claude Lacaze, winner of the Grand Slam 1968, died at the age of 85.

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Former player of Angoulême in the 1960s and international 33 times, Claude Lacaze died at 85 years of age. Former player of the SC Angoulême, Claude Lacaze, 33 selections with the XV of France, is

Claude Lacaze, 33 selections with the XV of France, with whom he signed the first Grand Slam in the history of the French rugby in 1968, died on Saturday in Nice, at the age of 85, learned the AFP with his nephew. Brother of Pierre "Paillon" Lacaze (7 selections in blue), Claude Lacaze had been captain of the XV of France in the 1960s, which he had led during a memorable tour in 1968 in New Zealand and with whom he had also won two victories in …

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A member of the team that won the first Grand Slam in the history of French rugby in 1968, Claude Lazare, former captain of the Bleus, died at 85 this Saturday.

·Paris, France
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Le Figaro broke the news in Paris, France on Saturday, February 28, 2026.
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