Éric Anselme (born 20 May 1978) is a French former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, former head coach of RC Albi XIII in the

Elite One Championship Super XIII is the top level rugby league competition in France, sanctioned by the French Rugby League Federation. The season runs from September to April, which is in contrast to the majority of other major domestic rugby league competitions ...

and of the U19 French national team. He played at club level for

Toulouse Olympique Toulouse Olympique or TO XIII is a professional rugby league club in Toulouse, south-west France. Founded in 1937, two years after the French Rugby League Federation, the club is a six-time winner of the French Rugby League Championship. The clu ...

and

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Heritage number 1373. He has previously played for St Gaudens and

Racing Club Albi XIII Albi Rugby League XIII originally called Racing Club Albigeois XIII and more recently also known as RC Albi XIII are a semi-professional rugby league team based in Albi in the Occitanie region in southern France. Formed in 1934 the club compete ...

in the French Rugby League Championship competition.

Playing career

In the early part of his career he played numerous times in the Halifax RLFC Alliance team Heritage number 1105, and made his début in the 32–0 defeat by Paris, played in Narbonne. He has also appeared for the French national side on 29 occasions, including on the 2001 tour of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, and at the

2008 Rugby League World Cup The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth World Cup for men’s rugby league national teams. It was held between 26 October and 22 November and was won by New Zealand, who defeated Australia 34–20 in the final in one of the greatest ...

Coaching career

Anselme was the head coach at RC Albi XIII from 2016 to 2019. In January 2022, he was appointed as the head coach of the U19 French national team. Anselme joined

as an assistant coach ahead of the 2023 season.

References

External links

Super League profileLeeds sign French internationalProfile at leedsrugbyÉric Anselme at to13.com
1978 births Living people France national rugby league team players French rugby league coaches French rugby league players Halifax Panthers players Leeds Rhinos players Racing Club Albi XIII players Rugby league centres Rugby league players from Toulouse Rugby league second-rows Saint-Gaudens Bears players Toulouse Olympique players {{France-rugbyleague-bio-stub