{{short description|French rugby union coach and former player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Yannick Bru | image = 220px | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1973|5|22|df=y}} | height = 5 ft 11 in | weight = 15 st 6 lb | birth_place = Auch, France | ru_position = Hooker | years1 = 1995–1996 | years2 = 1996–1997 | years3 = 1997–1998 | years4 = 1998–2007 | clubs1 = Auch | clubs2 = Toulouse | clubs3 = Colomiers | clubs4 = Toulouse | apps1 = | apps2 = | apps3 = | apps4 = 197 | points1 = | points2 = | points3 = | points4 = 35 | repyears1 = 2001–2004 | repteam1 = France | repcaps1 = 18 | reppoints1 = 5 | coachyears1 = 2007–2012 | coachyears2 = 2012–2017 | coachyears3 = 2018–2022 | coachyears4 = 2022–2023 | coachyears5 = 2023– | coachteams1 = Toulouse (forwards) | coachteams2 = France (forwards) | coachteams3 = Bayonne | coachteams4 = Sharks (breakdown) | coachteams5 = Bordeaux Bègles | ru_coachupdate = }}
'''Yannick Bru''' (born 22 May 1973) is a French rugby union coach and former player who played as a hooker. He is the head coach of Union Bordeaux Bègles in the Top 14.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.news24.com/sport/rugby/unitedrugbychampionship/ex-france-hooker-yannick-bru-joins-sharks-coaching-staff-20220703 |title=Yannick Bru Joins Sharks |publisher=News24 |date=3 July 2022}}</ref> Bru was capped 18 times for the France national team.
At Toulouse, Bru twice won the Heineken Cup, in 2003 when he started, and 2005 as a replacement,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/european/2935190.stm |title=Toulouse regain European crown |publisher=BBC |date=24 May 2003 |access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/european/4559935.stm |title=Stade Francais 12-18 Toulouse |publisher=BBC |date=22 May 2005 |access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref> as well as winning the Top 14 title in 1999 and 2001.<ref name="rugbyrama"/> Bru has also been capped 18 times for France, including their grand slams in the 2002 and 2004 Six Nations Championships, as well as being a part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad.<ref name="rugbyrama">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/personnews_prs10156.shtml |title=Fiche Joueur de Yannick Bru |publisher=Midi Olympique }}</ref>
Bru will left Toulouse at the end of the 2011–12 season to join the staff of the French national team as forwards coach.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/france-top-14-2011-12/rugby/story/159596.html |title=Servat to retire at end of the season? |work=ESPN Scrum |date=15 February 2012 |access-date=15 February 2012}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1732 Yannick Bru] on sporting-heroes.net *[http://www.rwc2003.irb.com/EN/Tournament/Teams/France/Players/Yannick+Bru/ Yannick Bru] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507213525/http://www.rwc2003.irb.com/EN/Tournament/Teams/France/Players/Yannick+Bru/ |date=7 May 2006 }} on rwc2003.irb.com *{{ESPNscrum|13746}} *[http://www.ercrugby.co.uk/eng/36_4571.php?player=720 Yannick Bru] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060712215250/http://ercrugby.co.uk/eng/36_4571.php?player=720 |date=12 July 2006 }} on ercrugby.com
{{Top 14 managers}} {{Union Bordeaux Bègles squad}} {{France Squad 2003 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bru, Yannick}} Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Rugby union players from Auch Category:French rugby union players Category:Rugby union hookers Category:France international rugby union players Category:Stade Toulousain players Category:French rugby union coaches Category:2003 Rugby World Cup players Category:Colomiers Rugby players Category:21st-century French sportsmen