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EDOUARD PONSINET |
France, Carcassonne and Paris Celtic |
23/10/2006- EDOUARD PONSINET
passed away, information received via French RL
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Edouard Ponsinet lived in Fontiers Cabardes which
is 20km from Carcassonne. He was 83. He had serious
health problems. But he regularly attend gatherings
organised by the ex-international players association,
you can see a picture in stories about this player.
(thanks League XIII).
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1951 World Champion French Rugby League
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The French Rugby League 1951 World Cup
Champions glorious return to Marseilles. |
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Aubert, Ponsinet, and Beraud leave the Brisbane test match after going down
23 - 11 to the Aussies. |
Back Perez, Brousse, Ponsinet, Beraud,
??? , ???, Dubau.
Front, Constanstine, Duffort, Dois, Aubert, Cuilouys,
Ciesjso, Curtist?? |
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Ponsinet and Brousse at the Medal Presentation
2003 |
Ponsinett receiving his Medal Presentation
2003. |
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From Hull in Print |
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1951 Battle of the Boulevard. |
09/04/2004 |
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The Battle
of the Boulevard in 1951 when Other Nationalities won a
glorious 17-14 victory over France in their prime, was described
as a veritable blood bath. Legendary Aussie forward Arthur Clues
knew nothing about it. Marseille policeman Edouard Ponsinet
knocked him out to settle an old score while the ball was still
in the air from the kick-off.
Flagged out: Boulevard action in front of the original Threepenny
Stand
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Comments from The French
Champion 2nd Row about the Little Master Clive Churchill. |
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09/04/2004 |
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A
COMMENT CREDITED TO BROUSSE AND HIS 1951 PARTNER IN CRIME, EDOUARD
PONSINET ABOUT THE LITTLE MASTER CLIVE CHURCHILL
The great French second-rowers of the early 1950s - Elie Brousse
and Edouard Ponsinet - spoke in awe for years afterwards of
the manner in which Churchill had stood up to them.
Huge
men who ran like the wind, they would charge at Churchill
like runaway locomotives, only to be dropped like stones -
time after time.
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Lyle Beaton, Gold Coast,
Queensland Australia |
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1950's |
26/03/2005 |
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Contents
of an Email sent to the Era of the Biff by Lyle Beaton
Your list (The Era of the Biff Heroes and Hardmen) - while
quite detailed - seems to avoid naming any French players.
I thought I might send you a short note to remedy that situation
The
French tour of 1951 is primarily remembered for the flamboyant
running style of the French players. And yet the backbone of
probably the greatest side of all time was its towering secondrowers,
Elie Brousse and Edouard Ponsinet.
The image of Brousse towering over Johnny Bliss, the five
time Australian beach sprint champion, is one of the most
enduring from that time.
Brousse was knocked out in the third test against Australia
in 1951 and yet still turned in one of the most destructive
performances ever seen by any forward on the SCG - including
scoring a superb try from distance.
Ponsinet was sent off against Other Nationalities in 1949
in the 70th minute after forcing three Other Nationalities
players off the field with his devasting, if borderline, tackles.
The two players are still regarded as two of the greatest
ever secondrowers and rated as the best by no less a judge
than the late George Crawford.
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