The former 2nd or 3rd row of Dax and the Blues died on Wednesday at the age of 71.
Former Dax international Jean-Pierre Bastiat, winner of the 1977 Grand Slam with the XV of France, died Wednesday at the age of 71 from a stroke. Bastiat, third-line center or imposing second-line (1.99 m, 110 kilos), remained faithful throughout his career to Dax, was a figure of rugby in the 1970s. He had totaled 32 selections for the French team, some of which were as captain.
His association in third line with Jean-Pierre Rives and Jean-Claude Skrela was one of the bases of the Grand Slam 1977, won with the same fifteen players. A sprained knee having prematurely ended his playing career in 1978, Bastiat had become leader of the US Dax which he had chaired from 1990 to 1995. “I learn with sadness that Jean-Pierre Bastiat, legend of our sport, left us overnight. He was my leader when I started in US Dax. He saw me grow up and accompanied me with kindness and kindness. My sincere condolences to his family and loved ones, ”greeted Raphaël Ibanez on social networks. “French rugby is in mourning by losing today a figure of rugby. The FFR offers its condolences to his family and loved ones, ”reacted the FFR.
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