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Grzegorz Kacała

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Grzegorz Kacala
Full nameGrzegorz Kacała
Date of birth (1966-03-15) 15 March 1966 (age 58)
Place of birthGdańsk, Poland
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight109 kg (240 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Lechia Gdańsk ()
Ogniwo Sopot ()
Club Olympique Creusot Bourgogne ()
FC Grenoble ()
Brive ()
Cardiff ()
Rugby league career
Playing information
PositionFront row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1996 Paris Saint-Germain 13 4

Grzegorz Kacała is a Polish former professional rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, and has coached rugby union in the 2000s and 2010s. He was born on 15 March 1966. In rugby union, his position was in the back row, usually Number 8. He is the only Polish player to have been on a Heineken Cup winning team, in 1997. He did so with CA Brive. He was named man of the match in the final against Leicester Tigers.[1] He currently coaches in Poland at Lechia Gdańsk (2009/2010).[2] He also played with Cardiff RFC. He started his professional career in the Polish League.

He was the first Polish player to play in the rugby league Super League when he played for Paris Saint-Germain in the first season of 1996's Super League I, as a forward.[3]

Currently Kacala has been a member of the Polish Rugby Union c. 2015.[4]

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  1. ^ "Facebook". Archived from the original on 5 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Welcome to warsaw". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  3. ^ http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/leeds-rhinos/leeds-rhinos-team-news-mikilaj-oledski-poised-to-make-super-league-debut-against-catalans-dragons-1-8530520 Leeds Rhinos team news Mikilaj Oledski poised to make Super League debut against Catalans Dragons
  4. ^ "Polski Związek Rugby". Archived from the original on 21 September 2015.