Jacques Fouroux

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Jacques Fouroux
Jacques Fouroux (1971, La Voulte) .jpg
Player information
birthday July 24, 1947
place of birth Also , France
date of death December 17, 2005
Place of death Also, France
size 1.63 m
society
society Career ended
position Half of the crowd
Clubs as active
Years society Games (points)
1965-1970 US cognac ()
1970-1976 La Voulte ()
1976-1980 FC too ()
National team
Years National team Games (points)
1972-1977 France 27 (20)
Coaching stations
Years Association / Province / Franchise
1981-1990 France
1992-1993 FC Grenoble
2000-2001 RC Orléans
2005 L'Aquila Rugby
2005 FC Grenoble

Jacques Fouroux (born July 24, 1947 in Auch ; † December 17, 2005 ibid) was a national player, captain and coach of the French national rugby union team . He himself played in the position of the scrum half (No. 9) and was nicknamed "the little corporal".

In total, he was used 27 times in the national team. From the 1980/81 season he was coach of the national team for ten years. Then he was coach of FC Grenoble , which failed with him only in the final of the French championship. There followed a time in Paris in which he wanted to establish a rugby league club and a phase with the Italian first division club L'Aquila.

He died of a heart attack in 2005 at the age of 58 .