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Pierre Berbizier - Wikipedia

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Pierre Berbizier

Birth name

Pierre Berbizier

Date of birth

17 June 1958 (age 66)

Place of birth

Saint-Gaudens, France

Height

1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)

Weight

68 kg (12 st 2 lb)

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Scrum-half
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
????-1976	CA Lannemezanais		()
1976–1985	FC Lourdes		()
1985–1991	SU Agen		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1981–1991	France	56	(28)
1989-1990	French Barbarians	2	(0)
1989	World XV	1	(0)
Coaching career
Years	Team
1991–1995	France
1998–2001	RC Narbonne
2005–2007	Italy
2007–2012	Racing Métro 92

Pierre Berbizier (born 17 June 1958) is a French former rugby union footballer and a current coach. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played 56 times for France.^[1]

Biography

Berbizier was born in Saint-Gaudens. He made his international debut for France as a 22-year-old on 17 January 1981 in a test during the Five Nations against Scotland in Paris, which France won 16 points to nine. He played in the remaining Five Nations matches that season; earning caps against Ireland, Wales and England. He was capped twice more after the Five Nations that year, in two matches against the All Blacks, which France lost.

He was capped twice the following year; once during the Five Nations against Ireland in Paris, which France won 22 points to nine, and then against Romania in Bucharest, which France lost. He played in two Five Nations matches in 1983, and one the following year. Appearing just once in the 1984 Five Nations, he was then capped twice against the All Blacks in Christchurch and Auckland, both of which the All Blacks won. He played twice for France in 1985; in a two test series against Argentina.

After appearing for France on various occasions throughout the early 1980s, he was capped 11 times during the 1986 season; including all the Five Nations matches, as well as three games against the All Blacks. The following season he led France to a grand slam victory at the 1987 Five Nations. 1987 was also the year of the first-ever Rugby World Cup, in which France were invited to compete, as they were an IRFB member. France played Scotland in the first World Cup match, drawing 20-all in Christchurch. he led them to subsequent victories over Romania and Fiji, which saw them enter the finals, defeating the Wallabies in a classic semifinal encounter 30–24 to enter the first World Cup final. They went down to hosts, the All Blacks, 29–9 at Eden Park.^[2] His last cap for France was at Twickenham on 16 March 1991. In 1992 he became the head coach of France, and led them to the semi-finals at the 1995 Rugby World Cup. He was sacked after falling out with French Federation president Bernard Lapasset.

He played twice for the French Barbarians once in 1989 against Fiji and New Zealand in 1990.^[3]^[4] In 1989 he represented the World XV in a 20-19 loss against the Springboks.^[5]

He went on to coach at Narbonne, and since worked as a television pundit. Berbizier took over from John Kirwan to coach Italy. Under Berbizier, Italy for the first time won two matches in a single Six Nations edition in 2007 when they defeated Scotland 37–17 at Murrayfield and Wales 23–20 at Stadio Flaminio in Rome. He resigned as national team coach following the 2007 Rugby World Cup to take up the head coaching position at Racing Métro.

External links

Pierre Berbizier on sporting-heroes.net
Italians name Berbizier as coach

References

^ "Pierre Berbizier". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Pierre BERBIZIER - Player statistics - Honours - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Barbarian Rugby Club | Match Barbarian". 26 December 2016. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Barbarian Rugby Club | Match Barbarian". 26 December 2017. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "South Africa v World XV". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Daniel Dubroca	French national rugby union coach 1991–1995	Succeeded by Jean-Claude Skrela
Preceded by John Kirwan	Italy national rugby union coach 2005–2007	Succeeded by Nick Mallett

v t e France squad – 1987 Rugby World Cup runners-up
Forwards	Armary Carminati Champ Condom Dintrans Dubroca (c) Erbani Garuet-Lempirou Haget Joinel Lorieux Ondarts Rodriguez Tolot
Backs	Andrieu Berbizier Blanco Bonneval Camberabero Charvet Estève Lagisquet Laporte Mesnel Modin Sella
Coach: Fouroux

v t e France squad – 1995 Rugby World Cup third place
Forwards	Armary Benazzi Benetton Bénézech Brouzet Cabannes Califano Cécillon Cigagna Costes De Rougemont Gallart Gonzalez Merle Roumat
Backs	Accoceberry Delaigue Deylaud Galthié Hueber Lacroix Mesnel Ntamack Sadourny Saint-André (c) Sella Téchoueyres Viars
Coach: Berbizier

v t e Italy squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Agüero Ma. Bergamasco Bernabò Bortolami (c) Castrogiovanni Del Fava Dellapè Festuccia Ghiraldini Lo Cicero Ongaro Orlando Parisse Perugini Sole Vosawai Zanni
Backs	Mi. Bergamasco Bortolussi Canale Canavosio de Marigny Galon Griffen Masi Pez Pratichetti Robertson Stanojevic Troncon (vc)
Coach: Berbizier

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF WorldCat
National	Germany France BnF data
Other	IdRef