The book, written by Jean-Luc Fabre, retraces the career of the former international hooker of AS Biterroise, the most capped in the ASB with 35 caps for the French team. The book is full of anecdotes about the Béziers team which reigned over French Rugby in the 70s and 80s and about the fifteen tricolor with which Alain Paco won the Grand Slam in 1977.
The last copies of the book written by Jean-Luc Fabre on the oval existence of Alain Paco are still available for fans of rugby and the great epic of AS Biterroise in the 70s and 80s.
The author, who also wrote a book on Alain Estève, retraces the career of the former international hooker, Alain Paco being the ASB's most capped player with 35 caps for the French team and winning the Grand Slam. in 1977, a tournament during which the Tricolores did not concede a single try.
Six shields of Brennus
From 1972 to 1983, the Biterrois raised the Brennus shield six times with Armand Vaquerin. In Jean-Luc Fabre's work (450 pages of anecdotes and unpublished photos), we discover the career of an endearing character, capable of playing in several positions up front, hooker, of course, but also pillar.
In 1972, during the international match between Béziers in Neath, who were champions of Wales, Alain Paco even played flyhalf. It was in this position that he started playing rugby before slipping into tailgating.
“With him, it’s the heart that speaks”
To create this book, Jean-Luc Fabre spent hours discussing with the former hooker: “I discovered a more sensitive character than I thought, he reveals. Her disappointments left a deep mark on her. With him, it is the heart that speaks, more than reason. Every time Béziers called him, he came back.”
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