Laurent Labit (born 8 May 1973) is a retired French rugby union footballer and manager.

Early life

Labit was born in Revel,

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. He began his playing career in his home town of Rugby Club Revélois before moving to

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Career

He started his playing career at Rugby Club Revelois. Labit later joined Castres Olympique where he won the 1992–93 French Rugby Union Championship at the Parc des Princes against Grenoble by beating them 14-11 in the final, in a match decided by an irregular try accorded by the referee. A try by Olivier Brouzet is denied to FC Grenoble and the decisive try by Gary Whetton was awarded by the referee, Daniel Salles, when in fact the defender Hueber from Grenoble touched down the ball first in his try zone. This error gave the title to Castres. Salles admitted the error only 13 years later. Labit also spent some time at

US Colomiers Union Sportive Colomiers Rugby or Rugby Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in Pro D2, the second level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been relegated from Pro D2 after finishing last in the 2006–07 season, but ...

, AS Béziers, Union Bordeaux-Bègles and UA Gaillac where he an made impact as a back line player. In his early years he represented France at a U23 level and later played for France A, but never managed to get selected for

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Labit's coaching career started at US Montauban in 2004, where he helped them get promoted into the

Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the National Rugby League (France), France National Rugby League, also ...

in the 2006 season together with Laurent Travers. At the end of the 2008-2009 season, Labit joined Olympic Castres with Laurent Travers and in the 2012 - 2013 season, both coaches lead the club to win the

Championship after which both Labit and Travers where recruited by Racing Métro, now known as Racing 92, for the 2013 - 2014

season, Racing Metro managed to get the semi-finals before being eliminated from the tournament.

Playing career

*1987-1996 : Castres Olympique *1996-1999 :

*1999-2002 : AS Béziers *2002-2003 : Union Bordeaux-Bègles *2003-2004 : UA Gaillac

Coaching career

* 2004-2009 : US Montauban * 2009-2013 : Castres olympique * 2013-2019 :

Racing 92 Racing 92 () is a French professional rugby union club based in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Paris' western inner Banlieue, suburbs that competes in Top 14. The club plays its home matches at the 30,681-capacity Stadium#Types, domed stadium Pa ...

Notes and references

External links

Racing 92
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