{{Short description|Former France international rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Jean Rouqueirol |birth_date = {{birth date|1933|4|19|df=yes}} |birth_place = Aramon, Gard,<br>Occitania, France |death_date = {{death date and age|2011|2|19|1933|4|19|df=yes}} |death_place = Avignon, France |height = {{convert|1.79|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |weight = {{convert|82|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} |retired = yes | image = Jean Rouqueirol.png | caption = Rouqueirol playing for SO Avignon in 1953 |position = {{rlp|fb|lf}} |club1 = SO Avignon | year1start = 1955 | year1end = 59 | appearances1 = 13 |club2 = RC Roanne XIII |club3 = Marseille XIII |teamA = France |yearAstart = 1955 |yearAend = 59 | appearancesA = 10 |triesA = 3 |goalsA = 1 |pointsA = 11 |coachteam1 = SO Avignon |coachyear1start = 1958 |coachyear1end = 60 |coachteam2 = SO Avignon |coachyear2start = 1981 |coachyear2end = 84 |coachteam3 = SO Avignon |coachyear3start = 1987 |coachyear3end = 88 |source = http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jean-rouqueyrol/summary.html |updated = 28 January 2021 }}
'''Jean Rouqueirol''' (19 April 1933 – 19 February 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libramemoria.com/defunts/rouqueirol-jean/029fe9b2fe214a0b9242cdb2028ab102|title = Espace de Recueillement de Jean ROUQUEIROL}}</ref>) was a French rugby league player. He played as {{rlp|fb|lf}}.
== Biography == At club level, he first played for SO Avignon, along with his brothers Claude and Fernand.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Laborderie|first=Renaud de|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L-mVDwAAQBAJ&q=jean+rouqueirol+rugby&pg=PT287|title=Le rugby dans le sang|date=1968-01-01|publisher=(Calmann-Lévy) réédition numérique FeniXX|isbn=978-2-7062-0248-3|language=fr}}</ref> He later played for RC Roanne and then for Marseille XIII.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://amicale-coupo-santo.sportsregions.fr/actualites-du-club/hommages-a-jean-rouqueirol-114599|title=Hommages à Jean ROUQUEIROL|website=amicale-coupo-santo.sportsregions.fr|language=fr|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>
Rouqueirol also represented France between 1955 and 1959, including at the 1957 Rugby League World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jean-rouqueyrol/summary.html|title=Jean Rouqueirol - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>
After retiring as player, he became a coach, coaching SO Avignon, which won the Lord Derby Cup in 1982.<ref name=":0" />
== Honours ==
* '''Rugby league''': ** French Championship : *** Finalist in 1956 (SO Avignon) ** Lord Derby Cup: ** 2 times champion: 1954 and 1955 (SO Avignon) ** 2 times finalist: 1957 and 1958 (SO Avignon)
== References == <references />
== External links ==
* [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jean-rouqueyrol/summary.html Jean Rouqueirol] at rugbyleagueproject.com {{France 1957 Rugby League World Cup squad}}
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