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Betsen made a good start with Wasps performing well and earning respect from the Wasps supporters, for the A side whilst recovering from injury, before moving into the first XV. During the 2009 6 Nations championship he was made Wasps captain in the absence of the senior
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Betsen is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of more than 90 famous elite created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization placed under the High
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He also created the Serge Betsen
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Betsen was renowned as a fearless tackler, but with increasing age he started to pick up more frequent injuries and he missed the 2005
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212:International career
89:98 kg (15 st 6)
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104:Position(s)
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1037:Szarzewski
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729:(injured)
239:1997–2007
186:2008–2012
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565:23 May
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