Roger Bastié (21 September 1932 – 3 January 2019) was a

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rugby coach and player, best known for his association with

CA Brive Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive () or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze department. They compete in the first-tier Top 14 competition. Briv ...

Biography

Bastié was born in

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. As a player, Bastié played the centre and winger positions. He played for

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, Bort-les-Orgues, RC Vichy, and

. He won a French rugby championship with CA Brive in 1957. After his retirement as a player, he coached CA Brive, Sarlat, Union Sportive Objatoise, and SC Tulle. In 1967 he made the French rugby championship quarterfinal before losing to

US Montauban US Montauban ( oc, Union Esportiva Montalban) is a French rugby union club that currently competes in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system. They have also competed at the top level, Top 14, in the past, most ...

. He was the recipient of the 1972 . In 1972, Bastié coached CA Brive to the French rugby championship game before losing 9-0 to

AS Béziers Hérault Association Sportive Béziers Hérault ( oc, Associacion Esportiva de Besièrs Erau), often referred to by rugby media simply by its location of Béziers, is a French rugby union club currently playing in the second level of the country's profess ...

. Bastié died at

Brive-la-Gaillarde Brive-la-Gaillarde (; Limousin dialect of oc, Briva la Galharda) is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department. It has around 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the agglomeration was 7 ...

on 3 January 2019 following a long illness.

References

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