Créteil (France) (AFP) – Argentine fly-half Benjamín Urdapilleta, from Perpignan, this Saturday became the top scorer in the French rugby championship since the appearance of the single group in 2001.

First modification: 03/10/2026 - 18:20

He reached the record during the first half of his team's match against Racing 92, with two penalties and a conversion in Créteil.

In that French commune, the 40-year-old former Pumas player reached 2,619 points and thus surpassed the record of 2,612 that had been set at the time, between 2001 and 2014, by the Frenchman Romain "Robocop" Teulet.

Urdapilleta arrived in France in 2012 to play for Oyonnax and then played for Castres (2015-2023) and Clermont (2023-2025), before announcing his retirement in mid-2025 and returning to his country.

He soon changed his mind and returned to France last season, to Perpignan, which he helped remain in the elite (Top 14).

Urdapilleta is in any case still far from the record of absolute top scorer in the history of the French championship taking into account all formats in its history, which is held by the Frenchman Richard Dourthe with 3,015 points.

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