Laurent Frayssinous (born 7 May 1977) is a French professional

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coach who is the head coach of and former professional rugby league footballer. He played for the

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons (French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. The team competes in the Super League and are the only team from ou ...

in the

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and

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at international level. He coached Les Catalans in the

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. He was due to take control of the

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before the club withdrew from the English pyramid.

Playing career

He represented France in the halves in the 2000 World Cup. Whilst playing for

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Frayssinous was selected to play at for France on the 2001 France tour of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. He also played in a match against the touring

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at the end of the 2005 season, scoring a try and kicking two goals. Frayssinous played for

when they reached the quarter finals of the

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Coaching career

At the end of the 2012 season, Laurent Frayssinous was appointed head coach of the

on a two-year contract, replacing

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, who had left to coach the

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. At 35, he was the youngest coach in the

at the time, and the first French coach of the Perpignan-based club. On 22 May 2017, after a 10-18 defeat by the

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, he was dismissed by the board of directors at the club. On 2 July 2020, Frayssinous was appointed as the first head coach of the

for their inaugural season in

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in 2021.

References

External links

France profile
1977 births Living people Catalans Dragons coaches Catalans Dragons players France national rugby league team coaches France national rugby league team players French rugby league coaches French rugby league players People from Villeneuve-sur-Lot Rugby league five-eighths Sportspeople from Lot-et-Garonne Villeneuve Leopards players {{France-rugbyleague-bio-stub