Yannick Bru
Date of birth (1973-05-22) 22 May 1973 (age 50)
Place of birthAuch, France
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight15 st 6 lb (216 lb; 98 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–1998
1998–2007		 Auch
Toulouse
Colomiers
Toulouse


197


(35)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2001–2004 France 18 5
Coaching career
Years Team
2007–2012
2012–2017
2018–2022
2022–2023
2023–		 Toulouse (forwards)
France (forwards)
Bayonne
Sharks (breakdown)
Bordeaux Bègles

Yannick Bru (born 22 May 1973) is a French rugby union coach and former player who played as a hooker. He is the head coach of Union Bordeaux Bègles in the Top 14.[1] Bru was capped 18 times for the France national team.

At Toulouse, Bru twice won the Heineken Cup, in 2003 when he started, and 2005 as a replacement,[2][3] as well as winning the Top 14 title in 1999 and 2001.[4] Bru has also been capped 18 times for France, including their grand slams in the 2002 and 2004 Six Nations Championships, as well as being a part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad.[4]

Bru will left Toulouse at the end of the 2011–12 season to join the staff of the French national team as forwards coach.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Yannick Bru Joins Sharks". News24. 3 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Toulouse regain European crown". BBC. 24 May 2003. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Stade Francais 12-18 Toulouse". BBC. 22 May 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Fiche Joueur de Yannick Bru". Midi Olympique.
  5. ^ "Servat to retire at end of the season?". ESPN Scrum. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.

External links

Bordeaux Bègles – current squad
France squad – 2003 Rugby World Cup fourth place
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