Jean-Pierre Rives
Jean -Pierre Rives ( born December 31, 1952 in Toulouse ) is a French former rugby union player. He played on the position of winger for the clubs Stade Toulousain and Racing Club de France. With the French national team, he was in 59 games in action, 34 times as captain. Since his retirement Rives is an internationally known sculptor.
Sports
Until 1972 Rives played for the club Toulouse Olympique Employés Club ( TOEC ), with whom he won the French Junior Champion, then for Stade Beaumontois in Beaumont -de- Lomagne. The greatest successes at club level he had from 1974 to 1981 with Stade Toulousain. In the season 1977/78 he reached the semifinals of the discharged partly in the Cup championship format, in the 1978/79 season the quarterfinals. His only chance to be champion, offered at the end of season 1979 /80. But Stade Toulousain lost the final of the AS Béziers.
1977 and 1978 Rives was invited to play for the British Barbarians, which applies to rugby union players is a great honor. In 1981 he moved from Stade Toulousain to Paris to Racing Club de France. This was an unusual for that time step, since due to the strict rules amateur players were excluded for transfers for the duration of a season of the French championship. In 1984 he played his last international game, two years later, he announced his retirement from professional racing.
His debut for the national team gave Rives in 1975. For this, he played a total of 59 games, including 34 as captain (which at that time meant record ). 1977 and 1981 he led the French to victory at the traditional Five Nations Championship, both times with a Grand Slam, so with wins against all other teams. With the national team he participated in tours to Argentina (1975 and 1977 ), the USA (1976 ), New Zealand (1979 ), South Africa (1980 ) and Australia ( 1981) part. On 14 July 1979 he was involved in Auckland on their first away victory of the French against the New Zealand All Blacks.
Rives in 1977, 1979 and 1981 voted best player in France. In 1997, the recording was followed into the International Rugby Hall of Fame ( the first Frenchman, along with Serge Blanco ). He was Vice President of the successful French candidacy committee for hosting the Rugby Union World Cup 2007.
Art
At the beginning of the 1980s Rives discovered a friend's house a sculpture by Albert Feraud. After an encounter with the artist in his studio, he decided to become a sculptor himself. In the following years he became known for monumental iron sculptures in the international art scene. He had in 1990 in Le Touquet His first exhibition. It was followed by numerous gallery and outdoor exhibitions at home and abroad, including in Los Angeles ( 1996), New York (1997) and Sydney ( 2006). In 2003, he was the first sculptor by Auguste Rodin, who was allowed to exhibit his works at the Jardin du Luxembourg. Rives designed the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy, which is presented in the Six Nations Championship since 2007, the winner team of the match between France and Italy. In addition to his artistic work, he is the owner of restaurants in Paris and Toulouse.
Rives was also cast in several films. In 1987 he played in the movie Qui sont mes juges? at the side of Claude Jade a truck driver looking for his abducted family. In 1990 he had a small supporting role in Connemara. Finally, he was in 2001 in the film Vercingetorix - Fight against Rome ( with Christopher Lambert in the lead role ) to be seen as the leader of the Teutons.