Julien Bonnaire (born 20 September 1978) is a former French

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footballer, who played for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in the

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competition in

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until the 2006–2007 season. He moved to ASM Clermont Auvergne during the summer of 2007. Bonnaire retired from International rugby after the 2012 Six Nations. However, he continued to play for club side, ASM Clermont Auvergne. Capping a decade of success between 2007 and 2017, before retiring and moving into coaching. He was most recently an assistant for

specialising in lineouts.

Career

Bonnaire made his international debut for

in a match against

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on 21 March 2004 during the

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, as a replacement. He earned a further two caps for France that year, in tests against Australia and the

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. The following year he was in the starting lineup for France in all five of their

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matches as well as the June/July tests against the South African

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and Australia. He scored his first

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during the 18 June test against the Springboks. He received another three test caps in November of that year. The following year he again played in every match at the

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, which France eventually won. He played in the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final. Bonnaire retired from playing rugby professionally at the close of the

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season in 2017. He was appointed as a coach shortly before the start of the 2018 Six Nations, working under Jacques Brunel for the France national rugby union team.

References

External links

RBS 6 Nations profile
on lequipe.fr
Julien Bonnaire
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