Philippe Gimbert (born Firminy, 20 March 1966) is a former French rugby union player and coach. He played as a prop.
Gimbert first played at Lyon and ASM Clermont Ferrand. He later would play for Biarritz Olympique (1988/89-1989/90), CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde (1990/91-1995/96), US Dax (1996/97), Stade Français (1997/98-1998/99) and Union Bordeaux-Bègles (1999/2000-2000/01), where he finished his player career. He won the French Championship for Bordeaux-Bègles, in 1990/91, and for Stade Français, in 1997/98.
He had 4 caps for France, from 1991 to 1992, being scoreless. He was called for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, but never played. He played 2 times at the 1992 Five Nations Championship.
He was the coach of Bordeaux-Bêgles for two seasons, from 2001/02 to 2002/03, after finishing his player career. He wasn't able to avoid relegation to the Pro D2 and quit soon.
Diego Dominguez is a former rugby union fly-half. After playing a couple of matches for Argentina, he spent the vast majority of his career with the Italy national rugby union team, winning 74 caps for the latter.
Stade Français Paris is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era. The original Stade Français was founded in 1883. In its current form, the club was founded in 1995 with the merger of the rugby sections of the Stade Français and Club Athlétique des Sports Généraux (CASG).
Bernard Laporte is a rugby player, coach and former French Secretary of State for Sport. From 1999 to 2007, Laporte was the head coach of the France national team. In 2011, he became the head coach at Toulon, after Philippe Saint-André became the new national team coach. He was previously the coach at Stade Français. He was the first fully professional head coach of France. Laporte was president of the French Rugby Federation from December 2016 to January 2023.
The Bouclier de Brennus, or Brennus Shield in English, is a trophy awarded annually to the French rugby union club that wins the domestic league.
Union Bordeaux Bègles is a French professional rugby union team playing in the Top 14, the first level of the country's professional league system. They earned their Top 14 place by winning the promotion playoffs that followed the 2010–11 season in the second-level Rugby Pro D2. Upon promotion to the Top 14 in 2011, they were assured a place in the European Challenge Cup. In 2015, they earned their European Champions Cup place, after winning the European playoffs against Gloucester Rugby in Worcester.
Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde are a French multisports club, established in 1907, based in Bègles, in the southern suburbs of Bordeaux. Their rugby union section, Union Bordeaux Bègles is their flagship. They play in blue and white chequered shirts, hence their nickname Les Damiers.
Lionel Beauxis is a former French rugby union player.
Christophe Laussucq is a French former rugby union footballer and current coach for Agen in the Top 14.
Aubin Hueber is a former French rugby union player and a current coach. He played for the French national team as a scrum half.
Thierry Devergie is a French former rugby union & rugby league footballer. He played as a lock and as a flanker. He also had a brief stint as a professional rugby league footballer.
Luca Martin is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a centre and as a fullback.
Olivier Diomandé is a French-born Ivorian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker.
Thierry Vincent Moscato, known as Vincent Moscato is a former French rugby union player as well as radio talk host and actor.
Richard Pool-Jones is an English former rugby union player and current coach. He earned one cap for England in 1998, playing in the record 76-0 loss to Australia. Pool-Jones, who played club rugby in France for Biarritz Olympique and Stade Français, played for the latter in the 2001 Heineken Cup Final.
Jacques Brunel is a French rugby union coach and former player. He was most recently the French national team head coach, having previously been assistant coach for his nation and had led the Italian national team between 2011 and 2016. Brunel, who has spent most of his career in France, formally coached his former team Auch, as well as Bordeaux Bègles, Colomiers, Pau and Perpignan.
Alexandre Flanquart is a former French rugby union player. He played as a lock for Stade Français, Bordeaux Bègles, and Provence Rugby.
Serg Simon is a former French rugby union player and a physician. He previously played for Union Bordeaux Begles, AS Merginac, Stade Bordelais and Stade Francais in France before playing for English side Gloucester Rugby
Germán Antonio Llanes is former Argentine rugby union player. He played as a lock.
Laurent Labit is a retired French rugby union footballer, and current head coach of Top 14 side Stade Français.
Jules Gimbert is a French rugby union player. His position is scrum-half and he currently plays for Bordeaux Bègles in the Top 14.
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