Michel Sitjar (13 September 1942 – 10 June 2019) was an international rugby union player for France and played club rugby for Agen. He also tried rugby league for a year in XIII Catalan after brutally stopping his career at 28. Sitjar played as a flanker and won three Brennus Shields with the Sporting Union Agenais (1962, 1965 and 1966). In 2008 he published his first collection of poems (Rugby & Poésie), followed by the second one Rugby & Poésie, deuxième mi-temps two years later. He killed himself at his home in Lamagistère on June 10, 2019. Sources 1942 births 2019 suicides French rugby union players Rugby union flankers France international rugby union players SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne players French rugby league players XIII Catalan players 21st-century French poets Suicides by firearm in France