Date of birth | 22 May 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Auch, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 15 st 6 lb (216 lb; 98 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]