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French rugby great Andre Boniface, epitome of 'French flair', dies at 89

Andre Boniface with ball in hand against England in 1964. © AFP

Andre Boniface, one of French rugby's greatest players in the 1950s and 1960s, died in Bayonne on Monday at the age of 89, his family told AFP.

The epitome of French flair, Boniface's career was inextricably linked with that of his younger brother and often centre partner Guy: together they epitomised the notion of 'French flair'.

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