Bernard Laporte
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| Date of birth | 1 July 1964 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Rodez, Aveyron, Occitanie | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Head coach at Toulon; former Secretary of State for Sport | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half, Coach | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| 1984–1993 1980–1984 |
Bordeaux-Bègles Gaillac |
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| 2011–2016 1999–2007 1996–1999 1993–1996 |
Toulon France Stade Français Bordeaux-Bègles |
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Correct as of 2011-11-20
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Bernard Laporte (born 1 July 1964 in Rodez, Aveyron) is a rugby union coach and former French Secretary of State for Sport. He was the head coach at Toulon, having taken over in 2011 from Philippe Saint-André, who had been named the new head coach of the France national team. Laporte himself is a former head coach of France, serving in that role from 1999 to 2007. He was previously the coach at Stade Français. He was the first fully professional head coach of France. On december 3rd 2016, Bernard Laporte has been elected president of the French Rugby Federation.
Laporte played rugby union at scrum-half and won the French Under-21 championship with UA Gaillac in 1983 and then again in 1984, in which he was captain. Seven years later he captained Begles-Bordeaux to the French championship.
Laporte's first coaching role was in the early 1990s, when he was assistant coach of the Stade Bordelais University club between 1993 and 1995. He took over at Stade Français in 1995, who were in the third division at the time. He took them right up to the first division in three seasons, winning the respective championships. The club were crowned champions of France in 1998, when they defeated USA Perpignan 34–7 at Stade de France.
Laporte took over as head coach of the national team at the end of 1999. His first task was the 2000 Six Nations Championship, the first of its format, since the addition of Italy. Laporte drew on the experience of the 1999 Rugby World Cup, where France had been losing finalists (to Australia). Laporte named Fabien Pelous as captain. In France's first game under Laporte, they defeated Wales 36–3. France ended up winning three of their five matches which saw them finish second, behind winner England.
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