Silvère Tian
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Date of birth | July 19, 1980 | ||||||
Place of birth | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire | ||||||
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Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | ||||||
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Position | Fullback | ||||||
Current club | Oyonnax | ||||||
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* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 16 January 2013. ** Representative team caps and points correct as of May 18, 2011. |
Silvère Tian (born July 19, 1980 in Abidjan) is an Ivorian rugby union fullback, currently playing for the Top 14 team Oyonnax.
Career
Tian started playing rugby at age 6 in Abidjan.[1] He took part in the 1998 Under-21 World Championships[1] that were held in France[2] and attracted the attention of the Rodez recruiters.[1] He left for Flers after a difficult couple of years. After two years, he left for Fédérale 1 club Tours, where he stayed for three years. His breakthrough came when he joined Bourg-en-Bresse, whom he helped get promoted to Pro D2. He attracted the attention of Oyonnax, where he finished the Pro D2 top scorer for the 2009–10 Rugby Pro D2 season.[3] He was then recruited by Top 14 team Bourgoin-Jallieu, but, due to their important financial troubles, they had to let him leave for Agen in February 2011.[4]
Tian was handed a 16-month suspension following an indecent with a referee on 2nd April 2016. Tian was ticked off to have been given a yellow card and allegedly insulted and threatened referee Romain Poite. Poite decided that was worth a red card, and that’s where things got really interesting, as Tian had to be restrained by security. [5]
References
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- ↑ http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/04/20/silvere-tian-top-14-rugby-suspension-referee-threat