Raphael Marchesin

Raphael Marchesin is 1.88m and 94kg, which makes him the lightest forward in the Bayonne squad. He was born on 19 November 2005.

French, and listed in the back row.

A ninety-four kilo forward in the Top 14 is roughly the weight of a centre. At twenty that is not unusual and it is not yet a problem, but it is the single number that will determine what he becomes: add ten kilos and he is a flanker, stay as he is and he is a back-three player who happens to be listed as a forward.

The published record is empty. Every language searched returns nothing, no age-grade international appearance appears under his name, and the club’s own season write-ups skip him.

He is not the youngest player at the club. Baptiste Tilloles, Bastien Rasal, Emosi Tumania, Tom Levéque and Pyrenees Boyle-Tiatia were all born after him, which says something about how many teenagers this squad carries.

There is no debut to record and no career to summarise. When there is, this page changes.