Mohamed Haouas

Mohamed Haouas (born 9 March 1994) is a French rugby union player. His position is prop. He currently plays for Biarritz in Pro D2.[1]

Mohamed Haouas
Date of birth (1994-03-09) 9 March 1994
Place of birthLe Havre, France
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight123 kg (271 lb; 19 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Biarritz
Youth career
2004–2017 Montpellier
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017–2023 Montpellier 116 (25)
2023– Biarritz 0 (0)
Correct as of 5 March 2022
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020–2023 France 16 (0)
Correct as of 26 February 2023

Haouas was banned from playing for three weeks in 2020 after punching Scottish player Jamie Ritchie during the 2020 Six Nations Championship.[2] In February 2023 he became the first ever player to be sent off twice playing for the French international team.[3]

Honours

International

France France

Personal life

Haouas was born in France and is of Algerian descent.[4]

Haouas faced several legal troubles. On 4 February 2022, Haouas was sentenced for his role in a series of burglaries of tobacco merchants in France in 2014. He was handed an 18-month suspended prison sentence and fined the equivalent of £13,000.[5]

On 12 May 2023, he received a 2-year suspended prison sentence for a violent brawl in a bakery after leaving a nightclub in 2014.

On 30 May 2023, he was brought up for immediate trial and received a one-year prison sentence, after hitting his wife in public. Haouas reportedly chased, tripped and slapped his wife outside a shopping centre in Montpellier the week before the trial.[6] Following the verdict, his intended club Clermont – for whom he signed a contract ahead of the 2023–24 Top 14 season – released a statement saying Haouas "will not be able to wear the colours" of the club. The French Rugby Federation also stated that Haouas's behaviour was "unacceptable and incompatible with the representation of [the] nation at the international level."[7]

References
  1. "Mohamed Haouas Profile". Itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. "France prop Mohamed Haouas banned for three weeks for punching Scotland's Jamie Ritchie".
  3. Guillou, Yanis (27 February 2023). "6 Nations 2023 - Que risque Mohamed Haouas après son carton rouge face à l'Écosse". Rugbyrama.fr. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  4. (in French) "MHR / Mohamed Haouas : l'ascension fulgurante du jeune pilier droit". e-metropolitain.fr. 3 March 2018.
  5. "France prop Haouas given suspended jail sentence for theft". France 24. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. Morgan, Charlie (30 May 2023). "France prop Mohamed Haouas receives one-year prison sentence after hitting wife in public". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  7. "France prop Haouas given 1-year jail sentence for hitting wife". RFI. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.


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