Jean-Louis Bérot

Jean-Louis Bérot

Born	(1947-07-28)28 July 1947 Dax, France
Died	23 September 2025(2025-09-23) (aged 78) Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1964–1973 1973–1974 Toulouse Dax () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1968–1974 France 21 (23) Coaching career Years Team 1979–1981 Dax 1983–1985 Dax

Jean-Louis Bérot (28 July 1947 – 23 September 2025) was a French rugby union international.

Biography

Background

Bérot hailed from the town of Dax and was a product of hometown club US Dax. ^[1] He died on 23 September 2025, at the age of 78. ^[2]

Career

A Stade Toulousain and US Dax fly-half, Bérot was capped 21 times for France, debuting against the All Blacks at Eden Park on the 1968 southern hemisphere tour. He also toured South Africa in 1971, then Australia once more the following year. In France's 1974 Five Nations match against Ireland, Bérot scored the match-winning penalty in injury time, a difficult kick from over 40 yards out on an angle to the right, but still lost his place for the next match and was never capped again. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of France national rugby union players

References

1. Escot, Richard (25 December 2021). "Paroles d'Ex - Jean-Louis Bérot : « On s'est battus, pire que des chiffonniers »". L'Équipe (in French).
2. "Landes : Jean-Louis Bérot, grande figure dacquoise, s'est éteint ce mardi 23 septembre". France Bleu. 23 September 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
3. "Injury-Time Winner". Sunday Post . 20 January 1974.
4. "Unlucky Berot Out Of French Team To Play Wales". The Daily Telegraph . 7 February 1974.

External links

• Jean-Louis Bérot at ESPNscrum (archived)