Philippe Saint-André
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| Philippe Saint-André | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Philippe Georges Saint-André | ||
| Date of birth | April 19, 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Romans-sur-Isère, France | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Weight | 14 st 5 lb (91 kg) | ||
| Nickname | le Goret | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Wing | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| 1985-1988 1988-1996 |
US Romanaise et Péageoise AS Montferrand |
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| correct as of 27 October 2006. | |||
| Professional clubs | Caps | (points) | |
| 1996-1998 | Gloucester Rugby | ||
| correct as of 27 October 2006. | |||
| National team(s) | Caps | (points) | |
| 1990-1997 | France | 68 | (152) |
| correct as of 27 October 2006. | |||
| Coaching career | |||
| 1998-2000 2000-2004 2004-2009 2009– |
Gloucester Rugby CS Bourgoin-Jallieu Sale Sharks Toulon |
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| correct as of 29 June 2009. | |||
Philippe Georges Saint-André (born April 19, 1967 in Romans-sur-Isère, Drôme) is a French rugby union footballer who played 68 times for France between 1990 and 1997, 34 as captain. His preferred position was wing but was also known to have played at Fullback. He has also enjoyed success as a rugby coach and is now director of rugby at Toulon, having moved from Sale Sharks after the 2008–09 season.
He has a baby daughter born 2007
[edit] Biography
Affectionately known as the Goret, the old winger remains faithful to his old club ASM Clermont Auvergne, with whom he competed in the 1994 championship finals in France, beaten by Stade Toulousain. In 1996, he joined the English championship in Gloucester RFC, a club which he then he took over as a coach.
He made this club one of the best in England before joining the french club CS Bourgoin-Jallieu. Arriving in 2004 after applying and being looked over for the post of coach of Wales, he returned to England, taking control of the club Sale Sharks, with the first result a victory in the European Challenge 2005.
With French team he earned 68 caps including 34 as captain. Under his captaincy, France had one of their greatest achievements by winning both Tests of their 1994 tour of New Zealand. The tour was capped off by one of the most famous tries in rugby history. France were trailing the All Blacks near full time of the second Test, and were pinned back deep in their own end by a tactical kick. Saint-André fielded the kick and began a counter-attack that ended in a spectacular try, capped off by Jean-Luc Sadourny touching down for the points that secured the win. After the match, Saint-André called the play that led to the winning try "a counter-attack from the end of the world", and it would be permanently enshrined in rugby lore as the "try from the end of the world". Saint-André ended his career as the second-highest try scorer in the history of the French team, a position he still holds. He was also the best scorer of the 1993 and 1995 editions of the French championship, and placed a total of 152 points with the French team.
He won the award for Olympic Midi (Best player french Championship) in 1994, and the distinction of Best Coach in England in 2006.
In 1995, with the journalist Richard Escot, he co-authored a biography full of emotion, warmth and humour, albeit in his own image, Saint-André, the novel, published by Calmann-Levy.
It should be noted that his brother Raphaël, an Outside centre, evolved alongside him at Montferrand, and was with him finalist in the French Championship and the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1994.
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