Michel Sitjar

Michel Sitjar was an international rugby union and rugby league player for France national [rugby union team|France] and played club rugby for Agen Lot-et-Garonne|Agen]. He also tried rugby league for a year in XIII Catalan after brutally stopping his career at 28. Sitjar played as a Rugby [union positions#Flanker|flanker] and won three Bouclier [de Brennus|Brennus Shields] with the Sporting [Union Agenais].
In 2008 he published his first collection of poems, followed by the second one Rugby & Poésie, deuxième mi-temps two years later.
Sitjar committed suicide by gunshot at his home in Lamagistère on June 10, 2019.