Justin Sangaré

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Justin Sangaré
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Personal information
Born (1998-03-07) 7 March 1998 (age 24)
Mali
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight18 st 2 lb (115 kg)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–20 Toulouse Olympique Broncos 37 10 0 0 40
2016–- Toulouse Olympique 57 17 0 0 68
Total 94 27 0 0 108
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019–- France 9s 2 0 0 0 0
2018–- France 4 1 0 0 4
As of 14 November 2021
Source: [1]

Justin Sangaré is a professional rugby league player with Toulouse Olympique in Super League. He plays Prop and is a product of the Toulouse academy system.

Background[]

Sangaré was born in Mali but grew up in the Bagatelle district of Toulouse and discovered rugby league aged 10 when the Toulouse Olympique community programme visited his school.[2]

Club career[]

Toulouse Olympique Broncos[]

Sangaré graduated from Toulouse's "Centre de Formation" and made his debut for the Toulouse reserve side on 19 September 2015 coming off the bench in the 16–24 defeat to win at home to Saint-Estève XIII Catalan.[3]

Toulouse Olympique[]

Aged just 18 years old, Sangaré made his debut[4] for the first team on 15 May 2016, coming off the bench in the 46–24 win at Hunslet[5] in Kingstone Press League 1.

On 15 September 2017,Toulouse announced that Sangaré had extended his contract until the end of the 2018 season.[6]

Toulouse announced on 3 September 2020 that Sangaré had signed a new contract with Toulouse for the 2021 RFL Championship.[7] He subsequently played in 14 of the 15 matches in 2021, including the Million Pound Game which saw Toulouse earn promotion to Super League for 2022.[8]

On 28 October 2021,Toulouse announced that Sangaré had signed a new contract that would keep him at the club until the end of the 2022 season.[9] Sangaré revealed that he chose to remain with Toulouse despite offers from other Super League clubs.[10]

Club statistics[]

Source[11] Updated 17 November 2021.

Year Club Competition Appearances Tries Goals Drop goals Points
2015-16 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Broncos Elite One Championship 12 2 0 0 8
2016-17 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Broncos Elite One Championship 6 2 0 0 8
2017-18 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Broncos Elite One Championship 7 3 0 0 12
2018-19 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Broncos Elite One Championship 8 3 0 0 12
2019-20 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Broncos Elite One Championship 4 0 0 0 0
2016 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Kingstone Press League 1 4 0 0 0 0
2017 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Championship 4 0 0 0 0
2017 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Challenge Cup 1 0 0 0 0
2018 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Championship 21 5 0 0 20
2019 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Championship 10 1 0 0 4
2020 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Championship 3 1 0 0 4
2021 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Championship 14 10 0 0 40
Club career total 94 27 0 0 108

International career[]

France U18s[]

Sangaré started on the bench in the 52–20 defeat to England Academy at Warrington on 27 May 2016.[12]

France 9s[]

The French squad that took part in the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s in Sydney, Australia in October 2019 included Sangaré. He missed out in the first match, a 12–8 defeat to Lebanon,[13] but played in the 23–6 victory over Wales and in the final game, a 38–4 loss to England.[14]

France[]

Serbia lost 54–2 to France in a friendly in Belgrade on 7 October 2018 which saw Sangaré make his debut for the full French national side.[15] The side was made up of players mostly drawn from the French domestic competition.[16] Sangaré was not selected for the test match against England or the three World Cup qualifiers later that autumn where France selected sides mostly made up of Catalans Dragons and Toulouse Olympique players from the English competitions.

Sangaré was part of the expanded French squad after the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s that played two games Down Under. He made his debut for the senior side on 25 October 2019 coming off the bench in the 62–4 defeat to the Junior Kangaroos.[17] He once again came off the bench in the final match of the tour against the Western Rams five days later, which France won 22–20.[18]

On 23 October 2021 Sangaré scored a try in the 10-30 test match defeat to England in Perpignan.[19]

International statistics[]

Year Team Competition Appearances Tries Goals Drop goals Points
2018 France International match 1 0 0 0 0
2019 France 9s Rugby League World Cup 9s 2 0 0 0 0
2019 France Australian Tour 2 0 0 0 0
2021 France Test match 1 1 0 0 4
International career total 6 1 0 0 4

References[]

  1. ^ "Justin SANGARE - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Justin SANGARÉ Toulouse and France local hero". www.everythingrugbyleague.com. April 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "TO Broncos vs St Estève-XIII Catalan – La jeunesse régale Arnauné".
  4. ^ "Prop Justin Sangaré comes on for his first match".
  5. ^ "Rugby - Match details - Hunslet / Toulouse Olymp. XIII - 15/05/2016 - teams - Kingstone Press League 1". www.southleedslife.com.
  6. ^ "TO secure the future by keeping Justin Sangare". www.to13.com.
  7. ^ "Toulouse re-sign Justin Sangaré". www.loverugbyleague.com.
  8. ^ "Match Report & line-ups". www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ^ "Justin SANGARE reste au TO XIII/". October 31, 2021.
  10. ^ "Justin Sangare reveals Super League clubs chased him". www.seriousaboutrl.com.
  11. ^ "SANGARE Justin player stats www.itsrugby.co.uk".
  12. ^ "Match Report: England Academy 52 France U18 20".
  13. ^ "Match Report and line-ups". www.ffr13.fr.
  14. ^ "Les Bleus dominent les Gallois mais chutent devant les Anglais". October 19, 2019.
  15. ^ "Match report & line-ups". www,ffr13.fr.
  16. ^ "France too quick for Serbia". www.lindependant.fr.
  17. ^ "Match Report & line-ups". www.ffr13.fr.
  18. ^ "La solidarité de la France a fini par payer". October 30, 2019.
  19. ^ "France v England - Rugby League". BBC Sport.

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