Justin Sangaré

Justin Sangaré (born 7 March 1998) is a France international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League.

Justin Sangare
Personal information
Full nameJustin Sangaré
Born (1998-03-07) 7 March 1998
Mali
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight18 st 2 lb (115 kg)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–20 TO Broncos 37 10 0 0 40
2016–22 Toulouse Olympique 57 17 0 0 68
2023– Leeds Rhinos 18 1 0 0 4
Total 112 28 0 0 112
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– France 9s 2 0 0 0 0
2018– France 4 1 0 0 4
Source: [1][2][3]
As of 30 October 2022

He is a product of the Toulouse academy system.

Background

Sangaré was born in Mali but grew up in the Bagatelle district of Toulouse and discovered rugby league aged 10 when the Toulouse Olympique community programme visited his school.[4]

Club career

Toulouse Olympique Broncos

Sangaré graduated from Toulouse's "Centre de Formation" and made his debut for the Toulouse reserve side on 19 September 2015 coming off the bench in the 16–24 defeat to win at home to Saint-Estève XIII Catalan.[5]

Toulouse Olympique

Aged just 18 years old, Sangaré made his debut[6] for the first team on 15 May 2016, coming off the bench in the 46–24 win at Hunslet[7] in Kingstone Press League 1.

On 15 September 2017,Toulouse announced that Sangaré had extended his contract until the end of the 2018 season.[8]

Toulouse announced on 3 September 2020 that Sangaré had signed a new contract with Toulouse for the 2021 RFL Championship.[9] He subsequently played in 14 of the 15 matches in 2021, including the Million Pound Game which saw Toulouse earn promotion to Super League for 2022.[10]

On 28 October 2021,Toulouse announced that Sangaré had signed a new contract that would keep him at the club until the end of the 2022 season.[11] Sangaré revealed that he chose to remain with Toulouse despite offers from other Super League clubs.[12] On 19 July 2022, he signed a two-year deal to join Leeds starting in 2023.[13]

Leeds

In round 1 of the 2023 Super League season, Sangaré made his club debut for Leeds in their 42-10 loss against Warrington.[14] Sangare played 17 matches for Leeds in the 2023 Super League season as the club finished 8th on the table and missed the playoffs.[15]

Club statistics

Source[16] Updated 17 November 2021.

YearClubCompetitionAppearancesTriesGoalsDrop goalsPoints
2015-16 Toulouse Olympique BroncosElite One Championship122008
2016-17 Toulouse Olympique BroncosElite One Championship62008
2017-18 Toulouse Olympique BroncosElite One Championship730012
2018-19 Toulouse Olympique BroncosElite One Championship830012
2019-20 Toulouse Olympique BroncosElite One Championship40000
2016 Toulouse OlympiqueKingstone Press League 140000
2017 Toulouse OlympiqueChampionship40000
2017 Toulouse OlympiqueChallenge Cup10000
2018 Toulouse OlympiqueChampionship2150020
2019 Toulouse OlympiqueChampionship101004
2020 Toulouse OlympiqueChampionship31004
2021 Toulouse OlympiqueChampionship14100040
Club career total942700108

International career

France U18s

Sangaré started on the bench in the 52–20 defeat to England Academy at Warrington on 27 May 2016.[17]

France 9s

The French squad that took part in the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s in Sydney, Australia in October 2019 included Sangaré. He missed out in the first match, a 12–8 defeat to Lebanon,[18] but played in the 23–6 victory over Wales and in the final game, a 38–4 loss to England.[19]

France

Serbia lost 54–2 to France in a friendly in Belgrade on 7 October 2018 which saw Sangaré make his debut for the full French national side.[20] The side was made up of players mostly drawn from the French domestic competition.[21] Sangaré was not selected for the test match against England or the three World Cup qualifiers later that autumn where France selected sides mostly made up of Catalans Dragons and Toulouse Olympique players from the English competitions.

Sangaré was part of the expanded French squad after the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s that played two games Down Under. He made his debut for the senior side on 25 October 2019 coming off the bench in the 62–4 defeat to the Junior Kangaroos.[22] He once again came off the bench in the final match of the tour against the Western Rams five days later, which France won 22–20.[23]

On 23 October 2021 Sangaré scored a try in the 10–30 test match defeat to England in Perpignan.[24]

International statistics
YearTeamCompetitionAppearancesTriesGoalsDrop goalsPoints
2018FranceInternational match10000
2019France 9sRugby League World Cup 9s20000
2019FranceAustralian Tour20000
2021FranceTest match11004
International career total 61004

References
  1. "Justin SANGARE - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk.
  2. Rugby League Project
  3. loverugbyleague
  4. "Justin SANGARÉ Toulouse and France local hero". www.everythingrugbyleague.com. April 19, 2020.
  5. "TO Broncos vs St Estève-XIII Catalan – La jeunesse régale Arnauné".
  6. "Prop Justin Sangaré comes on for his first match".
  7. "Rugby - Match details - Hunslet / Toulouse Olymp. XIII - 15/05/2016 - teams - Kingstone Press League 1". www.southleedslife.com.
  8. "TO secure the future by keeping Justin Sangare". www.to13.com.
  9. "Toulouse re-sign Justin Sangaré". www.loverugbyleague.com.
  10. "Match Report & line-ups". www.bbc.co.uk.
  11. "Justin SANGARE reste au TO XIII/". October 31, 2021.
  12. "Justin Sangare reveals Super League clubs chased him". www.seriousaboutrl.com.
  13. "Leeds confirm signing of Toulouse powerhouse Justin Sangare". www.loverugbyleague.com.
  14. "Super League: Seven-try Warrington Wolves storm to 42-10 opening-night win over Leeds Rhinos". www.skysports.com.
  15. "Leeds Rhinos' 2023 season review: picking out the best and worst players, performances, results". www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk.
  16. "SANGARE Justin player stats www.itsrugby.co.uk".
  17. "Match Report: England Academy 52 France U18 20".
  18. "Match Report and line-ups". www.ffr13.fr.
  19. "Les Bleus dominent les Gallois mais chutent devant les Anglais". October 19, 2019.
  20. "Match report & line-ups". www,ffr13.fr.
  21. "France too quick for Serbia". www.lindependant.fr.
  22. "Match Report & line-ups". www.ffr13.fr.
  23. "La solidarité de la France a fini par payer". October 30, 2019.
  24. "France v England - Rugby League". BBC Sport.
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