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Peyo Hontas
Full namePierre Hontas
Date of birth (1966-07-19) 19 July 1966 (age 58)
Place of birthBiarritz, France
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight189 lb (86 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1990–93 France 9 (0)

Pierre "Peyo" Hontas (born 19 July 1966) is a French former international rugby union player.

A native of Biarritz, Hontas was a speedy Biarritz Olympique winger, who excelled in 400 metres races.[1]

Hontas toured New Zealand with France in 1989 and had his ear badly torn in the tour match against Wellington, requiring 25 stitches.[2][3] He didn't play against the All Blacks and won his first cap in the next year's Five Nations. Capped nine times in total, Hontas appeared in all of France's matches in their winning 1993 Five Nations campaign.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Craig Sets Up Grand Finale". Daily Record. 19 February 1990.
  2. ^ Hennion, Blandine (25 August 1997). "Rugby. Les durs ont des oreilles". Libération (in French).
  3. ^ "Time-Bomb Test Game". Daily Record. 1 July 1989.
  4. ^ "« Il m'explose la gueule, je fais 3 mètres en l'air » : le jour où Peyo Hontas a tenté d'arrêter Jonah Lomu". Sud Ouest (in French). 29 August 2023.
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