Thierry Dusautoir broke the record for most tackles in a match, making 38 tackles against the All Blacks in the 2007 World Cup.
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20 Facts About Thierry Dusautoir
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Thierry Dusautoir was considered one of, if not the best tackler in the world.
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Thierry Dusautoir first played for Bordeaux-Begles before moving to US Colomiers for one season, and then signed with Biarritz.
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Thierry Dusautoir was however part of the side that won the 2010 Heineken Cup Final.
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Thierry Dusautoir was the World Rugby Player of the Year in 2011, the second French player to win the award.
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Thierry Dusautoir owns the record of most tackles in an international rugby game.
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Thierry Dusautoir was called up into the French squad for tests during June 2006 against Romania and the Springboks.
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Thierry Dusautoir played in the subsequent match against the Springboks at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town with France again emerging as the victors.
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Thierry Dusautoir is perhaps most famous for his try against New Zealand in the quarter final of the 2007 World Cup in Cardiff in which he famously made 38 tackles, two more than the entire All Blacks side.
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Thierry Dusautoir was nominated for world player of the year solely on this performance.
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Thierry Dusautoir was linked with Leinster Rugby where he would have replaced Rocky Elsom.
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Thierry Dusautoir captained France to the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final against the hosts New Zealand, in which he scored France's only try in the 47th minute and made 22 tackles, for which he received the Man of the Match award.
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Thierry Dusautoir was named the 2011 IRB International Player of the Year, thus becoming the second player from France to win the award after former captain Fabien Galthie in 2002.
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Thierry Dusautoir won the award over players such as Jerome Kaino and Ma'a Nonu.
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Thierry Dusautoir cited a particular picture from the New Zealand Herald in the week leading up to the Final which showed Sonny Bill Williams and Israel Dagg laughing during training, with the caption '80 minutes before laughing'.
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Thierry Dusautoir shared about how France's uncomplicated game plan in the Final nearly resulted in a memorable upset:.
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On 11 January 2013, Thierry Dusautoir was named in the initial training squad for the 2013 Six Nations Championship, but Saint-Andre decided to retain Pascal Pape as captain in order to give Thierry Dusautoir time to ease his way back into the international team.
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Thierry Dusautoir announced his retirement from international rugby following the tournament.
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Thierry Dusautoir is the second French captain after Fabien Pelous to have beaten Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
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Thierry Dusautoir did not take up rugby until he was 16; before that, his favourite sport was judo.
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