Pablo Lemoine

Pablo Adrián Lemoine

Pablo Lemoine during Uruguay's 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifier with Russia
Full name	Pablo Adrian Lemoine
Date of birth	(1975-03-01) 1 March 1975 (age 42)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	276 lb (125 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1995–1998 2011–2012 Montevideo Cricket Club Montevideo Cricket Club () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1998–2000 2000–2006 2006–2008 2009–2010 Bristol Shoguns Stade Français Montauban Valence d'Agen ? 91 29 15 ? (20) (0) (5) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1991 1992–94 1995–96 1996–2010 Uruguay U–17 Uruguay U–19 Uruguay U–20 Uruguay 48 (20) Teams coached Years Team 2012 2012–15 Montevideo Cricket Club U–19 Uruguay

Pablo Adrian Lemoine (born 1 March 1975 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan rugby union player and former head coach of the Uruguayan national rugby team.

Lemoine first started playing rugby at the age of 11, and two years later he trained with the Montevideo Cricket Club, working his way through the age grade teams - along the way he won the junior National Championship in 1989, 1990, 1992 and 1994. He made his debut with the senior side in 1995, during the Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby, against Club Champagnat. He was noticed in his own country, then moved to Bristol Shoguns ahead of the 1998–1999 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two season, where he became the first ever Uruguayan professional rugby player. He helped the team gain promotion to the highest level in English domestic rugby for the 1999–2000 English Premiership, where Bristol finished sixth in the table. They additionally finished top of their pool in the European Challenge Cup, making it to the semi-final only to lose to Pau 51–27.

He moved to Stade Français for the 2000–01 French Rugby Union Championship, where his side progressed to the quarter-finals in his debut season. His side also made it to the 2001 Heineken Cup Final, though they lost to Leicester Tigers 34–30. His side struggled in the 2001–02, only making it as far as the second round in the Top 16, and getting knocked out in the Quarter-finals during the 2001–02 Heineken Cup. However, Stade Français managed to achieve the Top 16 title in 2003. They retained their title in 2004, and came second in 2005. They also reached the 2005 Heineken Cup Final, onlt to lose to Toulouse 18–12 in Extra time. Haven been injured midway through the 2005–06 season, Lemoine was released from his contract and moved to Montauban. Haven finished seventh in consecutive seasons with Montauban, Pablo moved to Avenir Valencien in the Fédérale 1, before returning home to Uruguay in 2010, playing with Montevideo Cricket Club, before retiring in 2012.