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Rugby player
Jean-Claude Skrela
Jean-Claude Skrela in 1971
Date of birth (1949-10-01 ) 1 October 1949 (age 74) Place of birth
Colomiers , France Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight 199 lb (90 kg) Notable relative(s)
David Skrela (son)
Gaëlle Skrela (daughter)
Jean-Claude Skrela (born 1 October 1949 in
Colomiers , Haute-Garonne) is a former coach of the
French national rugby union team . His son,
David Skrela , is a French rugby union player and his daughter,
Gaëlle Skrela , is a professional
basketball player.
Early life
Skrela was born in
Colomiers near
Toulouse in France. His parents were Polish refugees (his father came from the village
Kobiela , his mother from the village
Charbinowice ). He lost his father when he was 12.
Playing career
He played for
FC Auch and
Stade Toulousain and made his debut for
France in 1971 against
South Africa . He won forty-six caps and won the
Five Nations Championship in 1973 (tie victory) and in 1977 (
Grand Slam ). He also scored the first four-point
try in a major Test match on 20 November 1971, when he charged down a kick from Australian fullback
Arthur McGill .
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Coaching
In 1983, he joined his team-mate
Pierre Villepreux as coach of
Stade Toulousain . They won three times the
home championship , twice against
Toulon (in 1985 and in 1989) and against
Agen in 1986.[
citation needed ]
He was appointed director of rugby at
Colomiers in 1994 but left his position to replace
Pierre Berbizier as French head coach after the
1995 Rugby World Cup .[
citation needed ]
He became the first European head coach to win on his first attempt against
New Zealand , but he failed to win against
South Africa and
Australia like his predecessor
Pierre Berbizier . France suffered a few defeats against lowest level teams, like
Tonga in 1999 or like
Italy in 1997 (Italy was making a lot of progress at this stage), but was also able to make great come backs, like against
England in 1997 or against
New Zealand in their World Cup semi final at Twickenham.
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[3] He also made a back-to-back
Grand Slam in 1997 and 1998. He suffered a lack of results in 1999 before the World Cup.
[4]
After
Jacques Fouroux , he became the second head coach to lead France to the World Cup Final, but lost to Australia. He resigned as French head coach on 16 November 1999.
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International matches as Head coach
Matches (1995–1999)
Matches
Date
Opposition
Venue
Score(Fra.–Opponent)
Competition
Captain
1995
1
14 October
Italy
Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry ,
Buenos Aires
34–22
Latin Cup
Philippe Saint-André
2
17 October
Romania
Estadio Monumental José Fierro ,
Tucumán
52–8
3
21 October
Argentina
Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry ,
Buenos Aires
47–20
4
11 November
New Zealand
Stadium de Toulouse ,
Toulouse
22–15
Autumn internationals
5
18 November
Parc des Princes , Paris
12–37
1996
6
20 January
England
Parc des Princes , Paris
15–12
1996 Five Nations
Philippe Saint-André
7
3 February
Scotland
Murrayfield Stadium ,
Edinburgh
14–19
8
17 February
Ireland
Parc des Princes , Paris
45–10
9
16 March
Wales
Arms Park ,
Cardiff
15–16
10
20 April
Romania
Stade Jean Alric ,
Aurillac
64–12
Test match
11
22 June
Argentina
Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry ,
Buenos Aires
34–27
1996 tour
12
29 June
34–15
13
25 September
Wales
Arms Park ,
Cardiff
40–33
Test match
14
30 November
South Africa
Parc Lescure ,
Bordeaux
12–22
Autumn internationals
Abdelatif Benazzi
15
7 December
Parc des Princes , Paris
12–13
1997
16
18 January
Ireland
Lansdowne Road ,
Dublin
32–15
1997 Five Nations
Abdelatif Benazzi
17
15 February
Wales
Parc des Princes , Paris
27–22
18
1 March
England
Twickenham , London
23–20
19
15 March
Scotland
Parc des Princes , Paris
47–20
20
22 March
Italy
Stade Lesdiguières ,
Grenoble
32–40
1995-97 European Cup final
Fabien Pelous
21
1 June
Romania
Stadionul Dinamo ,
Bucharest
51–20
1997 tour
Abdelatif Benazzi
22
21 June
Australia
Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
15–29
23
28 June
Ballymore Stadium ,
Brisbane
19–26
24
18 October
Italy
Stade Jacques Fouroux ,
Auch
30–19
Latin Cup
Philippe Saint-André
25
22 October
Romania
Stade Antoine Béguère ,
Lourdes
39–3
26
26 October
Argentina
Stade Maurice Trélut ,
Tarbes
32–27
27
15 November
South Africa
Stade de Gerland ,
Lyon
32–36
Autumn internationals
28
22 November
Parc des Princes , Paris
10–52
1998
29
7 February
England
Stade de France ,
Saint-Denis
24–17
1998 Five Nations
Raphaël Ibañez
30
21 February
Scotland
Murrayfield Stadium ,
Edinburgh
51–16
31
7 March
Ireland
Stade de France ,
Saint-Denis
18–16
32
5 April
Wales
Wembley Stadium , London
51–0
33
13 June
Argentina
Estadio José Amalfitani ,
Buenos Aires
35–18
1998 tour
34
20 June
37–12
35
27 June
Fiji
National Stadium ,
Suva
34–9
36
14 November
Argentina
Stade de la Beaujoire ,
Nantes
34–14
Autumn internationals
37
21 November
Australia
Stade de France ,
Saint-Denis
21–32
1999
38
6 February
Ireland
Lansdowne Road ,
Dublin
10–9
1999 Five Nations
Raphaël Ibañez
39
6 March
Wales
Stade de France ,
Saint-Denis
33–34
40
20 March
England
Twickenham , London
10–21
41
10 April
Scotland
Stade de France ,
Saint-Denis
22–36
42
3 June
Romania
Stade Pierre Antoine ,
Castres
62–8
Test match
43
12 June
Samoa
Apia Park ,
Apia
39–22
1999 tour
44
16 June
Tonga
Teufaiva Sport Stadium ,
Nuku'alofa
16–20
Fabien Galthié
45
26 June
New Zealand
Athletic Park ,
Wellington
7–54
Raphaël Ibañez
46
28 August
Wales
Millennium Stadium ,
Cardiff
23–34
1999 RWC Warm-up
47
2 October
Canada
Stade de la Méditerranée ,
Béziers
33–20
1999 Rugby World Cup
48
8 October
Namibia
Parc Lescure ,
Bordeaux
47–13
49
16 October
Fiji
Stadium de Toulouse ,
Toulouse
28–19
50
24 October
Argentina
Lansdowne Road ,
Dublin , Ireland
47–26
51
31 October
New Zealand
Twickenham , London, England
43–31
52
6 November
Australia
Millennium Stadium ,
Cardiff , Wales
12–35
Record by country
Honours
Other honours
As a player
France
Stade toulousain
As a coach
Stade toulousain
References
External links
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