He was a rugby player.

He was a rugby player.

Its etymology or origin involves a rugby league footballer of Maltese background.

His grandfather had captained St Helens rugby league team and was also an England rugby international.

Jonathan Davies (born 24 October 1962) is a retired dual code rugby player, who represented Wales in both rugby union and rugby league.

Manu Diaz (1955 ...), former rugby union player.

Jérôme Thion (born 2 December 1977 in Senlis, Oise) is a French rugby union footballer who currently plays for Biarritz Olympique in the Top 14 club competition in France.

Also that year his son Owen Farrell, who would also go on to become a professional rugby player, was born.

Clemens von Grumbkow (born 22 July 1983) is a German international rugby union player, playing for the U.S. Dax in the French Rugby Pro D2.

Wendell Jermaine Sailor (born 16 July 1974 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian former professional rugby football player who represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union a dual code international.

Frédéric Cermeno (born 20 June 1979 in Perpignan), is a French rugby league and rugby union player.

Rive (plural rives) is a French word meaning bank (of a river).

Peter Alexander Stringer (born 13 December 1977 in Cork, Ireland) is an Irish rugby union player who plays at scrum half for Bath and Ireland.

Taufa'ao Filise (born May 26, 1977 in Malapo) is a Tongan rugby union footballer.

His father was a rugby league (Xlll) player in Albi and Villefranche de Rouergue.

Olivier Claude C. Magne (born 11 April 1973 in Aurillac, Cantal) is a French former rugby union footballer and a current coach.

Yannick Jauzion (born 28 July 1978 in Castres) is a French former rugby union footballer.

Sébastien Bruno (born 26 August 1974 in Nîmes, France) is a French rugby union footballer who plays as a hooker for Toulon and formerly for France.

Yann Delaigue (born April 5, 1973 in Vienne, Isère) is a retired French international rugby union player.

Sylvain Marconnet (born 8 April 1976 in Givors, Rhône) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Biarritz Olympique having signed from Stade Français in the Top 14 club competition in France.

Mauro Bergamasco (born 1 May 1979) is an Italian rugby union footballer who currently plays for Zebre.

Simon Dalton Shaw MBE (born 1 September 1973) is a former English rugby union player who played at lock.

Ezio Galon (born 22 July 1977) is a rugby union player for Mogliano Rugby in the Excellence competition.

Fabio Ongaro (born 23 September 1977 in Venice) is an Italian rugby union footballer.

Marco Bortolami ( born 12 June 1980) is an Italian international rugby union player, playing club rugby for Zebre in the Celtic League.

Benjamin Boyet (born 8 August 1979 in Vienne, Isère) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing in the top division of domestic French rugby, for Bayonne.

Hirotoki Onozawa (小野澤宏時) (born March 29, 1978 in Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan) is rugby union who plays at wing (and sometimes full back) Suntory Sungoliath and the Japan national rugby union team.

Richard Hill (born 4 May 1961 in Birmingham), is rugby union coach and former English international rugby footballer.

Matteo Barbini (born 8 June 1982 in Venice) is an Italian rugby union player.

Vasco Nuno Barata Sousa Uva (born 15 December 1982 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese rugby union player.

Éric Champ (born 8 June 1962 in Toulon, France) is a former French rugby union player.

Damien Traille (born 12 June 1979 in Pau, Pyrénées Atlantiques) is a French rugby union footballer.

Patricio Albacete (born December 9, 1981 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union footballer.

Jean Pierre Élissalde (born 31 December 1953) is a rugby union coach and former player.

Julien Laharrague (born 29 July 1978 in Tarbes, France) is a French rugby union footballer, usually playing on the wing or at fullback.

Gérald Merceron (born February 25, 1973 in Cognac) is a French former rugby union player who won 32 caps playing at fly half for the French rugby union side.

Oliver John Barkley (born 28 November 1981 in Hammersmith) is an English rugby union player who plays for London Welsh at fly half and in the past for England.

Gordon William D'Arcy (born 10 February 1980, Ferns, County Wexford) is an Irish rugby player, more specifically an inside centre.

Jamie Darren Noon (born 9 May 1979 in Goole) is a rugby union footballer who plays at centre.

Mark John Frank Cueto (born 26 December 1979 in Workington, Cumbria) is an English international rugby union player.

Rodrigo Roncero, also known as RoRo (born 16 February 1977, in Buenos Aires), is an Argentine former rugby union rugby player.

David Skrela (born 2 March 1979 in Toulouse, France) is a French rugby union footballer.

Gonçalo Uva (born 3 October 1984 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese rugby union player.

For the FC Barcelona goalkeeper, see José Manuel Pinto For the Portuguese racewalker see José Pinto (athlete) José Manuel Duarte Pinto Neves (born 5 February 1981, in Lisbon) is a Portuguese rugby union player.

His son, David Skrela, is a French rugby union player and his daughter, Gaëlle Skrela, is a professional basketball player.