Guy Laporte
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Guy Laporte is a former French rugby union player and a sports executive. He played as a fly-half.
Laporte first played for Sporting Club Rieumois, where he won the French 3rd Division in 1971/72. He then would play for SC Graulhet.
He had his first cap for France national rugby union team
at 7 February 1981, in a 19-13 win over Ireland
, in Dublin, for the 1981 Five Nations Championship
, in a game where he scored 2 penalties and 2 drop goals. He had 16 caps, scoring 3 tries, 19 conversions, 23 penalties and 8 drop goals, 143 points in aggregate, making him one of the top scorers for France in a short international career. He played only twice at the Five Nations Championship, in 1981, winning with a Grand Slam, and 1986, but scored 1 try, 6 conversions, 13 penalties and 6 drop goals, in an aggregate of 73 points. Laporte was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup
, where France was runners-up to New Zealand. He missed the final, but still played three games, scoring 2 tries, 11 conversions, 3 penalties and 1 drop goal, 42 points in aggregate, thus making him the top scorer for France in the competition. His last game was the 31-16 win over Fiji
, at 7 June 1987, in Auckland
, for the quarter-finals, where he scored 3 conversions, 2 penalties and 1 drop goal, a amazing aggregate of 15 points.
Laporte, after finishing his career, was a member of the executive commission of the French Rugby Federation, and vice-president. He was later coach of Castres Olympique
.
Laporte first played for Sporting Club Rieumois, where he won the French 3rd Division in 1971/72. He then would play for SC Graulhet.
He had his first cap for France national rugby union team
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...
at 7 February 1981, in a 19-13 win over Ireland
Ireland national rugby union team
The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
, in Dublin, for the 1981 Five Nations Championship
1981 Five Nations Championship
The 1981 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship...
, in a game where he scored 2 penalties and 2 drop goals. He had 16 caps, scoring 3 tries, 19 conversions, 23 penalties and 8 drop goals, 143 points in aggregate, making him one of the top scorers for France in a short international career. He played only twice at the Five Nations Championship, in 1981, winning with a Grand Slam, and 1986, but scored 1 try, 6 conversions, 13 penalties and 6 drop goals, in an aggregate of 73 points. Laporte was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup
1987 Rugby World Cup
The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. New Zealand and Australia agreed to co-host the first ever tournament with New Zealand hosting seventeen pool stage matches, two quarter-finals and the final with Australia being the junior partner hosting seven pool matches, two...
, where France was runners-up to New Zealand. He missed the final, but still played three games, scoring 2 tries, 11 conversions, 3 penalties and 1 drop goal, 42 points in aggregate, thus making him the top scorer for France in the competition. His last game was the 31-16 win over Fiji
Fiji national rugby union team
The Fiji national rugby union team is a member of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance formerly along with Samoa and Tonga. In 2009, Samoa announced their departure from the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance, leaving just Fiji and Tonga. Fiji are ranked sixteenth in the world by the IRB as of 26...
, at 7 June 1987, in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, for the quarter-finals, where he scored 3 conversions, 2 penalties and 1 drop goal, a amazing aggregate of 15 points.
Laporte, after finishing his career, was a member of the executive commission of the French Rugby Federation, and vice-president. He was later coach of Castres Olympique
Castres Olympique
Castres Olympique is a French rugby union club located in the Midi-Pyrénées city of Castres and currently competing in the top level of the French league system.Founded in 1898, the club took its current name in 1906...
.