Laurent Frayssinous

Laurent Frayssinous

Personal information
Born	(1977-05-07) 7 May 1977
Playing information
Position	Fullback, Stand-off
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Villeneuve 2006 Catalans Dragons 19 4 37 0 90 Total 19 4 37 0 90 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000–05 France 9 2 0 0 8
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2013–17 Catalans Dragons 139 66 6 67 47 2020 Ottawa Aces 0 0 0 0 Total 139 66 6 67 47
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Laurent Frayssinous (born 7 May 1977) is a French professional rugby league coach and former player. He is the former head coach of Super League club Catalans Dragons and the current head coach of Canadian club, The Ottawa Aces.

Playing career

He represented France in the halves in the 2000 World Cup. Whilst playing for Villeneuve Leopards Frayssinous was selected to play at stand-off for France on the 2001 France tour of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. He also played in a match against the touring Australian Kangaroos at the end of the 2005 season, scoring a try and kicking two goals. Frayssinous played for Catalans Dragons when they reached the quarter finals of the 2006 Challenge Cup.

Coaching career

At the end of the 2012 season Laurent Frayssinous was appointed head coach of the Catalans Dragons on a two-year contract, replacing Trent Robinson, who had left to coach the Sydney Roosters. At 35 he was the youngest coach in the Super League at the time, and the first French coach of the Perpignan-based club. On the 22nd May 2017, after a 10-18 defeat by the Huddersfield Giants, he was dismissed by the board of directors at the club. On the 2nd July 2020, Frayssinous was appointed as the first head coach of the Ottawa Aces for their inaugural season in RFL League 1 in 2021.