Michel Sitjar Explained

Michel Sitjar
Birth Date:13 September 1942
Birth Place:Castelsagrat, Tarn-et-Garonne,
Occitania,France
Death Place:Lamagistère, France
Height:1790NaN0
Weight:920NaN0
Occupation:Rugby player
Position:Flanker
Youthclubs1:Avenir Valencien
Years1:1961–1970
Clubs1:Sporting Union Agenais
Repyears1:1964–1967
Repteam1:France
Repcaps1:13
Reppoints1:3
Clubupdate:20 June 2019
Repupdate:20 June 2019
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Year1start:1970
Year1end:1971
Club1:XIII Catalan

Michel Sitjar (13 September 1942 – 10 June 2019) was an international rugby union & rugby league player for France and played club rugby for Agen. He also tried rugby league for a year in XIII Catalan after brutally stopping his career at 28. Sitjar played as a flanker and won three Brennus Shields with the Sporting Union Agenais (1962, 1965 and 1966). [1]

In 2008 he published his first collection of poems (Rugby & Poésie), followed by the second one Rugby & Poésie, deuxième mi-temps two years later. [2]

Sitjar committed suicide by gunshot at his home in Lamagistère on June 10, 2019. [3]

Notes and References

  1. News: P. . J. . 14 June 2019 . Michel Sitjar est parti . Michel Sitjar passed away . fr . . 20 June 2019 .
  2. News: 20 July 2010 . Agen. La deuxième mi-temps de Michel Sitjar . Agen. The second half-time of Michel Sitjar . fr . . 20 June 2019 .
  3. News: B. . G. . 19 June 2019 . Obsèques civiles : Michel Sitjar s'est fait une dernière malle . Michel Sitjar made his last French leave . fr . Le Petit Bleu d'Agen . 20 June 2019 .