Date of birth | 7 June 1949 | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Le Poujol-sur-Orb, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 203 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Olivier Saïsset (born 7 June 1949) is a French former rugby union player and coach. [1]
Born in Le Poujol-sur-Orb, Saïsset was a back-rower and won six French Championships playing with AS Béziers. He was capped 17 times by France between 1971 and 1975, featuring mostly as a flanker. [2]
Saïsset had immediate success in his coaching career, leading AS Béziers to the 1979–80 French Championship title as a first-season coach. He was coach of the USA Perpignan team that reached the 2003 Heineken Cup final. [3]
Date of birth | 7 June 1949 | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Le Poujol-sur-Orb, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 203 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Olivier Saïsset (born 7 June 1949) is a French former rugby union player and coach. [1]
Born in Le Poujol-sur-Orb, Saïsset was a back-rower and won six French Championships playing with AS Béziers. He was capped 17 times by France between 1971 and 1975, featuring mostly as a flanker. [2]
Saïsset had immediate success in his coaching career, leading AS Béziers to the 1979–80 French Championship title as a first-season coach. He was coach of the USA Perpignan team that reached the 2003 Heineken Cup final. [3]