Thierry Labrousse (born 4 May 1970) is a French former professional
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player.
Born in
Périgueux
Périgueux (, ; oc, Peireguers or ) is a communes of France, commune in the Dordogne departments of France, department, in the administrative regions of France, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.
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, Labrousse was a back-row forward, most often used as a number eight. He captained
CA Périgueux
Club Athlétique Périgueux Dordogne (also known as just CA Périgourdin) is a French rugby union club that currently competes in the second division of French club rugby, the Pro D2 competition. Périgueux played in the higher divisions in the ea ...
to the French Group B championship title in 1993, before linking up 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.
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, from where he was capped twice for
France
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in 1996. On his international debut, a win over Romania at Aurillac, he crossed over for two tries. His other cap came against the touring Springboks. He played in CA Brive's
1997 Heineken Cup final win over the Leicester Tigers.
Labrousse coached CA Périgueux from 2005 to 2010, then again in 2014.
See also
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List of France national rugby union players
List of France national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the France national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.
Note that the "position" column lists the position at whic ...
References
External links
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1970 births
Living people
French rugby union players
France international rugby union players
Rugby union number eights
People from Périgueux
CA Brive players
CA Périgueux players
CA Périgueux coaches
Rugby union players from Dordogne
French rugby union coaches