Cédric Heymans

Cédric Heymans

Personal information
Full name	Cédric Heymans
Date of birth	20 July 1978 (1978-07-20) (age 33)
Place of birth	Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, France
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
Club information
Position(s)	Wing / Fullback
Current club	Stade Toulousain
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
	Brive SU Agen Stade Toulousain
Representative teams**
2000–	France	54 (75)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only. ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 22 October 2010.

Cédric Heymans (born 20 July 1978 in Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze) is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Stade Toulousain, having started his club career with Brive before moving to SU Agen, where he stayed until the late 1990s, before signing with Toulouse. He has played 54 times for France since his debut in 2000 and has scored 11 international tries. His usual position is on the wing, though he has recently started at fullback for France.

Heymans made his debut for France in a match against Italy in Paris as a reserve during the 2000 Six Nations Championship. He made one other appearance for France that year, starting in a match against Romania in Bucharest.

In 2002 he started in two subsequent matches for the national side later that year, in the 30–10 win over South Africa in Marseille as well as the draw against the All Blacks in Paris. In 2004, he started against the United States, and was a reserve in a subsequent match against Canada. He received a further three national caps that year, starting in the win over Australia, as well as in the losses to Argentina and the All Blacks.

Heymans earned eight caps for France during 2005, playing in the 2005 Six Nations Championship matches against Ireland and Italy as well as subsequent matches against the Springboks, Australia and Canada. In 2006, he played three three tests for France during the 2006 Six Nations Championship, as well as the 2006 mid-year rugby tests against Romania and the Springboks.

In 2010, he was selected in the French Barbarians squad to play Tonga on November 26. After missing out on selection for the 2011 Six Nations, Heymans was named in the provisional French squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup on the 11th May 2011.

Heymans is the only person to have won the Heineken Cup on four separate occasions. It is rumoured that he will be joining Bayonne for the 2011/12 season.

References

External links

• RBS 6 Nations profile
• Cedric Heymans on sporting-heroes.net
• Cedric Heymans on ercrugby.com

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Name	Heymans, Cedric
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Date of birth	20 July 1978
Place of birth	Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, France
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