Former French international fly-half Guy Camberabero died on the evening of Thursday October 26, at the age of 87, following “hospitalization linked to Covid-19” at Valencia hospital, announced his son Friday at Agence France-Presse.
“His heart stopped, he left gently,” said Gilles Camberabero, who clarified that Covid was “not the only problem” with his father’s health.
With his brother Lilian, a scrum half who died in 2015, Guy Camberabero formed the hinge of the French XV nine times in the 1960s and participated in the conquest of the first Grand Slam in the history of French rugby in 1968.
First Grand Slam
During the victory against Australia in 1967 (20-14), Guy and Lilian scored all the points for the French team: four penalties, a conversion and a drop for the first and a try for the second.
Guy Camberabero, with a small build (1.64 m, 64 kg), played fourteen matches with the French XV between 1961 and 1968, including six in the Five Nations Tournament – he won the 1967 and 1968 editions. with the first grand slam of the French.
Originally from Tyrosse in the Landes, the Camberabero brothers joined La Voulte-sur-Rhône, a town in Ardèche with 5,000 inhabitants, in 1955. In 1970, La Voulte, where Guy Camberabero was trained, won the title of French champion after their victory in Toulouse against AS Montferrand.