Yannick Bru (born 22 May 1973) is a French

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coach, currently serving as the breakdown coach on South African team

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. He will become the head coach at

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in the

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at the start of the 2023/24 season. Bru was capped 18 times for the French national side. At Toulouse Bru twice won the Heineken Cup, in 2003 when he started, and 2005 as a replacement, as well as winning the Top 14 title in 1999 and 2001. Bru has also been capped 18 times for France, including their grand slam at the 2002 and 2004 Six Nations Championship, as well as being a part of their 2003

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squad. Bru will left Toulouse at the end of the 2011–12 season to join the staff of the French national team as forwards coach.

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