Thierry Labrousse (born 4 May 1970) is a French former professional
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
player.
Born in
Périgueux
Périgueux (, ; or ) is a commune in the Dordogne department, in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.
Périgueux is the prefecture of Dordogne, and the capital city of Périgord. It is also the seat of ...
, Labrousse was a back-row forward, most often used as a number eight. He captained
CA Périgueux
Club Athlétique Périgueux Dordogne (also known as just CA Périgourdin) is a French rugby union club that currently competes in the third division of French club rugby, the Nationale competition. Périgueux played in the higher divisions in the ...
to the French Group B championship title in 1993, before linking up with
CA Brive
Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive () or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze, Corrèze department.
Brive is a historical member of French rugby un ...
, from where he was capped twice for
France
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in 1996. On his international debut, a win over Romania at Aurillac, he crossed over for two tries. His other cap came against the touring Springboks. He played in CA Brive's
1997 Heineken Cup final win over the Leicester Tigers.
Labrousse coached CA Périgueux from 2005 to 2010, then again in 2014.
See also
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List of France national rugby union players
List of France national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the France national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.
Note that the "position" column lists the position at w ...
References
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1970 births
Living people
French rugby union players
France international rugby union players
Rugby union number eights
Sportspeople from Périgueux
CA Brive players
CA Périgueux players
CA Périgueux coaches
Rugby union players from Dordogne
French rugby union coaches