Lenni Nouchi
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| Born | 24 November 2003 Agen, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb; 247 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lenni Nouchi (born 24 November 2003) is a French professional rugby union player, who plays as a loose forward or lock for Top 14 side Montpellier. He captained the France national under-20 team that won the World Rugby U20 Championship in 2023.
Lenni Nouchi was born on 24 November 2003[1] in Agen[2] and is the son of French former professional rugby union player Samuel Nouchi, who won the French Championship (then Top 16) for Biarritz in 2002.[3] Growing up in Hérault, he started playing rugby with the Béziers youth system in 2009 and then joined the Servian-Boujan amateur club in 2011. Three years later, he returned to Béziers and then joined the Montpellier academy in 2021.[1]
Club career
Nouchi made his professional debut with his club in an away match at Castres on 8 October 2022, coming off the bench and playing around 15 minutes.[4] On 2 April 2023, he made his Champions Cup debut against Exeter Chiefs in the competition knockout stage and scored a try in the 76th minute.[5]
International career
Having made his debut for France U20 on 3 February 2023 in the Six Nations Under 20s Championship match against Italy,[5] he was named in the France U20 squad for the World Rugby Under 20 Championship a few months after.[6] Captaining the team and being the starting blindside flanker, he led France to victory and scored a try against Ireland in the final.[5][7]
In January 2024, he was first called to the France senior team for the Six Nations Championship.[8]
