Max Spring
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| Birth name | Max Spring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Saint-Palais, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (11 st 11 lb; 165 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Max Spring (born 15 March 2001) is a French rugby union player. He currently plays as a fullback for Racing 92 in the Top 14.
His father is a former New Zealand player who settled down in France and his mother is from French Basque Country. His brother, Tom Spring, plays for Bayonne.
Career
[edit]On 19 June 2022, Max Spring scored a late try with the Barbarians against England at Twickenham, during the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests.[3]
He was called by Fabien Galthié to the French national team for the first time in June 2022, for the summer tour of Japan.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Max Spring". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Max Spring". competitions.ffr.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Hapless England put to the sword by Galthie's Barbarians". Rugby Pass. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Ekin, Kim (20 June 2022). "Ollivon heads up hugely changed 42-man France squad in Japan". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 21 June 2022.