Jacques Brunel (rugby)
| Date of birth | 14 January 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Courrensan, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Forwards Coach of Bordeaux Bègles | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1972–1979 1979–1980 1980–1981 1981–1988 |
Auch Grenoble Carcassonne Auch |
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| Years | Team | ||
| 1988–1995 1995–1999 1999–2001 2001–2007 2007–2011 2011–2016 2016– |
Auch Colomiers Pau France (Asst.) Perpignan Italy Bordeaux Bègles (Forwards coach) |
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Jacques Brunel (born 14 January 1954 in Courrensan, France) is a French rugby union former player. He is now an international coach, currently coaching the forwards at Bordeaux Bègles, haven previously been the head coach of the Italian national team. Brunel, who has spent most of his career in France, formally coached his former team Auch as well as Colomiers and Pau and Perpignan.
Jacques Brunel, born in Courrensan, played club rugby for his local side at age grade level, and joined the academy side at Auch in 1967 at the age of 13. Haven moved through the age grade ranks, he graduated to the club's senior side in 1972 at the age of 18. He represented the club up until 1979, playing in the French Rugby Union Championship, where for most of the time, the club failed to progress past the Pool stages. During the 1979–80 French Rugby Union Championship, Brunel played for Grenoble, where they made it to the Last 32 stage, but was beaten by Montferrand 10–3. In 1980, again Brunel only made it as far as the Last 32, with Carcassonne, being beaten by Béziers 29–6. In 1981, he returned to Auch, where he remained with the club until his retirement at the end of 1987–88 season.
He started coaching immediately after he retired from playing rugby in 1988, where he became the head coach of Auch until 1995. During his time as coach at the club, he led the team to 4 Top 16 rounds, 3 of which came in consecutive years. In 1995, he arrived at Colomiers, where in just his second season in charge, he led the team to the Quarter-finals of the 1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship. During the 1997–98 season, he led the team to the Semi-final of the French Rugby Union Championship, but narrowly lost to Perpignan 15–12. However, he did oversee Colomiers first ever trophy wear, when they won the 1997–98 European Challenge Cup. In 1999, Brunel took the team one step forwards, leading them to the 1999 Heineken Cup Final, only to lose to Ulster 21–6.
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