Yannick Bru

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Yannick Bru
Born (1973-05-22) 22 May 1973 (age 52)
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight15 st 6 lb (216 lb; 98 kg)
Rugby union career
Position Hooker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1995–1996 Auch
1996–1997 Toulouse
1997–1998 Colomiers
1998–2007 Toulouse 197 (35)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2001–2004 France 18 (5)
Coaching career
Years Team
2007–2012 Toulouse (forwards)
2012–2017 France (forwards)
2018–2022 Bayonne
2022–2023 Sharks (breakdown)
2023– 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]

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