Yannick Bru

Yannick Bru

Date of birth	(1973-05-22) 22 May 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Auch, France
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	15 st 6 lb (216 lb; 98 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) 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]

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. "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

• Yannick Bru on sporting-heroes.net
• Yannick Bru on rwc2003.irb.com
• Yannick Bru at ESPNscrum
• Yannick Bru on ercrugby.com