{{Short description|French rugby union player (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Maxime Machenaud | image = Maxime_Machenaud_2019.jpg | caption = Machenaud whilst playing for Racing 92 in 2019 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|12|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bordeaux, France | height = {{height|m=1.74}} | weight = {{convert|87|kg|stlb lb|abbr=on}} | ru_currentteam = Bayonne | ru_currentposition = Scrum-half | years1 = 2007–2010 | years2 = 2010–2012 | years3 = 2012–2022 | years4 = 2022– | clubs1 = Bordeaux Bègles | clubs2 = Agen | clubs3 = Racing 92 | clubs4 = Bayonne | apps1 = 52 | apps2 = 51 | apps3 = 236 | apps4 = 65 | points1 = 35 | points2 = 45 | points3 = 1,307 | points4 = 59 | ru_clubupdate = 22 May 2025 | repyears1 = 2012–2019 | repteam1 = France | repcaps1 = 38 | reppoints1 = 149 | ru_ntupdate = }} '''Maxime Machenaud''' (born 30 December 1988) is a French rugby union player. His position is scrum-half and he currently plays for Bayonne and formerly of the France national team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maxime Machenaud Profile|url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/joueur-8524.html|publisher=Itsrugby.co.uk|accessdate=5 November 2012}}</ref>
==Club career== Born in Bordeaux, he trained at Stade Bordelais and as a youth at the CABBG (Athletic Club Bordeaux Bègles Gironde). He began his career with home-town club Bordeaux Bègles in the Pro D2, before moving to SU Agen in the Top 14 in 2010. In 2012 he joined Racing Métro. In the final of the 2015–16 Top 14 season Machenaud picked up an early red card for a tackle on Matt Giteau, however Racing still went on to defeat Toulon.
==International career== He made his international debut during France's 2012 tour of Argentina, during which he scored his first international try.
In November 2022, he was called up for the French Barbarians to face Fiji at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
=== List of international tries === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ International tries |- !scope=col|{{abbr|No.|Number of try}} !scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date !scope=col|Venue !scope=col|Opponent !scope=col|Score !scope=col|Result !scope=col|Competition |- !scope=row|1 |23 July 2012 |Estadio José Fierro, Tucumán, Argentina |{{nrut|ARG}} |align=center|3–'''28''' |align=center|10–'''49''' |{{nowrap|2012 Argentina test series}} |}
==Honours== {{Flag icon|France}} '''Racing 92''' *Top 14: 2015–16<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rugbyweek.com/racing-92-beat-toulon-win-top-14-rugby-title/ |title=Racing 92 beat Toulon to win Top 14 Rugby title |publisher=rugbyweek.com |date=25 June 2016 |accessdate=23 March 2021 |archive-date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422171822/http://www.rugbyweek.com/racing-92-beat-toulon-win-top-14-rugby-title/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.ffr.fr/Equipes-de-France/Rugby-a-XV/XV-France/Tous-les-joueurs/MACHENAUD-Maxime France profile] at FFR *[https://www.racing92.fr/joueur/maxime-machenaud_e548197 Racing 92 profile] *[http://en.espn.co.uk/sport/rugby/player/131758.html ESPN profile]
{{Aviron Bayonnais squad}} {{France Squad 2019 Rugby World Cup}}
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