Christian Delage

{{Short description|French rugby union player (born 1954)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|01|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brive-la-Gaillarde, France

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| height = 5 ft 9 in

| weight = 160 lb

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| position = Fly-half / Fullback

| repyears1 = 1983

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Christian Delage (born 16 January 1954) is a French former rugby union international.{{cite news |title=Un Du Manoir comme revanche pour Coco Delage |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2023/01/18/un-du-manoir-comme-revanche-pour-coco-delage-10933492.php |work=La Dépêche |date=18 January 2023 |language=fr}}

Delage, known as "Coco", was born in Brive-la-Gaillarde and played junior rugby at Stade Langonnais, but got his start at the top level with CA Brive, a club his father had played for.{{cite news |last=Laffore |first=René |title=Delage : «J'ai bien cru que le score allait tourner...» |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/11/21/2689102-delage-j-ai-bien-cru-que-le-score-allait-tourner.html |work=La Dépêche |date=21 November 2017 |language=fr}}

After moving to SU Agen, Delage won his first Brennus Shield in 1982.{{cite news |title=« Coco » est passé au cyclo |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2010/01/07/750088-coco-est-passe-au-cyclo.html |work=La Dépêche |date=7 January 2010 |language=fr}}

Delage, who had been a substitute for France in the 1977 grand slam, gained his two caps in the 1983 Five Nations Championship, as a flyhalf in matches against Scotland and Ireland.

A Brennus Shield-winner again in 1991 with Bègles-Bordeaux at the age of 37, Delage continued playing into his early 40s and had a season at Stade Bordelais, before finishing his career back at Stade Langonnais.{{cite news |title=Coco Delage : un joueur sans fin |url=https://actu.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/langon_33227/coco-delage-un-joueur-sans-fin_13800267.html |work=actu.fr |date=5 February 2016 |language=fr}}