Guy Laporte (15 December 1952 – 28 January 2022) was a French rugby union player and a sports executive. He played as a fly-half.

Career

Laporte was born in Beaufort,

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. He first played for Sporting Club Rieumois, where he won the French 3rd Division in 1971–72. He then would play for

SC Graulhet The Sporting club graulhetois, or SC Graulhet, is a rugby union French club based in Graulhet ( Tarn). Founded in 1910, it play in Fédérale 2, the fourth level of French rugby union. History Founded in 1910, played in the Pyrénées regional ...

, from 1972–73 to 1987–88. He had 16 caps, scoring three tries, 19 conversions, 23 penalties and eight drop goals, 143 points in aggregate, making him one of the top scorers for France in a short international career. He had his first cap for

at 7 February 1981, in a 19–13 win over

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, in

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, for the

1981 Five Nations Championship The 1981 Five Nations Championship was the 52nd series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 87th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union champion ...

, in a game where he scored 2 penalties and two drop goals. He played only twice at the

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, in 1981, winning with a Grand Slam, and 1986, but scored one try, six conversions, 13 penalties and six drop goals, in an aggregate of 73 points. Laporte was called for the

1987 Rugby World Cup The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. It was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia – New Zealand hosted 21 matches (17 pool stage matches, two semi-finals, the third-place play-off and the final) while Australia hosted 11 mat ...

, where France was runners-up to

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. He missed the final, but still played three games, scoring two tries, 11 conversions, three penalties and one drop goal, 42 points in aggregate, thus making him the top scorer for France in the competition. His last game was the 31–16 win over

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, at 7 June 1987, in

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, for the quarter-finals, where he scored three conversions, two penalties and one drop goal, an aggregate of 15 points. Laporte, after finishing his career, was a member of the executive commission of the

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, and vice-president. He was later coach of

Castres Olympique Castres Olympique (, ) is a French rugby union club located in the Occitanian city of Castres and is currently competing in the Top 14, the top level of the French league system. Founded in 1898, the club took its current name in 1906. They pla ...

. Laporte died of a heart attack at a hospital in

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

, on 28 January 2022, at the age of 69.

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* 1952 births 2022 deaths French rugby union players 20th-century French sportsmen France international rugby union players French rugby union coaches Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union players from Haute-Garonne 1987 Rugby World Cup players Sporting Club Graulhetois players {{France-rugbyunion-bio-1950s-stub