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Puig Aubert

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Playing Career

All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Robert Aubert Puig
Nickname(s)
Pipette
Born
Tuesday, 24th March, 1925
Died
Friday, 3rd June, 1994 (Aged 69 years and 71 days)
Place Of Birth
Andernach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Honours & Awards

International Hall Of Fame
1988

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tests (Senior International Matches) - 46 - 46 1-1 149     12 12 325 - - - 25 20 1 54.35% List
World Cup - 4 - 4 --- 12     1 1 26 - - - 2 1 1 50.00% List
Tour Matches FranceFRA - 30 - 30 8-8 137     2 2 302 - - - 21 6 3 70.00% List
Tour Matches South FranceSFR - 1 - 1 --- 2     - - 4 - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Tour Matches CarcassonneCRC - 1 - 1 --- 1     - - 2 - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Tour Matches France EspoirsFRB - 1 - 1 --- 2     - - 4 - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Tour Matches Paris/Lyon XIIIPLY - 1 - 1 --- 3     - - 6 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Tour Matches Catalan XIIICTL - 1 - 1 --- 6     1 1 14 - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Test Series 4 11 - 11 --- 46     - - 92 - - - 8 3 - 72.73% List
European Championship 3 26 - 26 --- 72     9 9 162 - - - 12 14 - 46.15% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  68 - 68 9-9 246     15 15 549 - - - 38 26 4 55.88% List

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
France 1946-54, 1956   46 - 46 1-1 149     12 12 325 - - - 25 20 1 54.35% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
France 1946-1954   4 - 4 --- 12     1 1 26 - - - 2 1 1 50.00% List

England - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Paris/Lyon XIII 1953   1 - 1 --- 3     - - 6 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
South France 1953   1 - 1 --- 2     - - 4 - - - - 1 - 0.00% List

Your Say

  • Nomenclature
    11 May 2012 3:42pm

    Puig Aubert ranks amongst the most colourful and quirky players to grace the stage of international RL. His eccentricities on the field
    included smoking a cigarette whilst playing in a game (hence his nickname), and as full-back, refusing to tackle opposition players who had made breaks through the first line of defence - turning instead to berate his team mates for the ineptness of their tackling.

    Notwithstanding this he was an inspiring leader
    for the champion 1951 French side and a spectacularly brillant goalkicker. He was famous for the trick shot of placing the ball where the corner post would be and kicking a goal (cornerkick soccer style) by curling it through the posts!

  • The Noctambulist
    22 May 2012 7:09pm

    Turned goal-kicking orthodoxy on its head: after placing the ball on the mound, instead of carefully measuring his steps backwards ever concentrating on the target, he would simply turn around and nonchalantly walk back several paces, turn again, take aim and kick. Very different!

  • Jim Logan
    3 Oct 2022 11:52am

    I was lucky enough to see him play at Belle Vue Rangers with my Father in 1944 and yes he would take a cigarette from the crowd and have a puff every goal kick.
    Yes he did catch a ball at Wigan ,on the wing on a snowy day with a cigarette in the other hand. Imagine today.
    2022

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Gary Neale, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Jason Ganter, Keith Bowen, Bill Bates

Sources: Wakefield Trinity Heritage , RFL Player Registers