Al Charron (born 27 July 1966 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a former Canadian rugby union footballer. He played at back-row forward and was capped 80 times for the Canadian national team, the Canucks.

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  • Al Charron (born 27 July 1966 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a former Canadian rugby union footballer. He played at back-row forward and was capped 80 times for the Canadian national team, the Canucks. He played club rugby for Ottawa, Bristol and Pau and Dax and also Moseley in England. Charron was a favourite with the supporters of many of the European clubs he played for. While playing with Bristol he was voted the supporters' Player of the Season for 1998/99 and was awarded the BBC West Rugby Player of the Year award in 1999. He was a vital member of the highly-regarded Canadian forward pack that did so well at the 1991 Rugby World Cup, defeating Fiji and Romania and giving both France and New Zealand a hard time. He was the only Ontario player on the field against New Zealand, the others all coming from British Columbia. He scored a famous try to defeat Wales at Cardiff Arms Park in late winter 1993. That day he was playing out of his usual flank position, packing down in the second row for an injured Norm Hadley. Noted for recovering from severe knee damage to participate in the 2003 Rugby World Cup as the captain of Canada, his fourth Rugby World Cup tournament. He became only the second international rugby union player of any country to do so, the other being former team-mate and previous Canadian captain Gareth Rees. He retired from international rugby union on Canada's defeat of Tonga in the 2003 Rugby World Cup pool match. (en)
  • Al Charron, né le 27 juillet 1966 à Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) est un ancien joueur de rugby à XV canadien, évoluant au poste de deuxième ligne pour l'équipe nationale du Canada. Il a joué dans le championnat d'Angleterre avant d'évoluer dans le championnat de France sous les couleurs de la Section paloise où, très peu de temps après son arrivée, il sera nommé capitaine. Il jouera pour Dax également.Il a marqué un essai fameux contre Galles à Cardiff en 1993 qui permit au Canada de l'emporter.Il dut récupérer d'une sérieuse blessure pour pouvoir participer à l'édition de la Coupe du monde de rugby 2003 comme capitaine du Canada, sa quatrième participation à une Coupe du monde de rugby.Il est devenu ainsi le troisième joueur de rugby à XV,tout pays confondu, à aligner quatre Coupes du monde de rugby, performance déjà établie par un autre canadien, Gareth Rees et le français Fabien Galthié. Il a terminé sa carrière internationale par une défaite du Canada contre le Tonga dans un match de la Coupe du monde de rugby 2003 . (fr)
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  • Al Charron (born 27 July 1966 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a former Canadian rugby union footballer. He played at back-row forward and was capped 80 times for the Canadian national team, the Canucks. (en)
  • Al Charron, né le 27 juillet 1966 � Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) est un ancien joueur de rugby � XV canadien, évoluant au poste de deuxième ligne pour l'équipe nationale du Canada. (fr)
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  • Al Charron (en)
  • Al Charron (fr)
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