Jean-Luc Sadourny

Jean-Luc Sadourny (born Toulouse, 26 August 1966) is a former French rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a fullback. He was nicknamed "The Old Woman" ("La Vielle") and he's generally considered one of the best French players of his generation, a fair successor to Serge Blanco in his position.

Sadourny played all his career at US Colomiers. His best result was the 2nd place in the France Top 14 in 2000.

He had 71 caps for France, from 1991 to 2001. He was selected for the 1991 Rugby World Cup finals, playing a single match, and for the 1995 Rugby World Cup finals, playing in all the five matches. He helped France to reach the 4th place in this event. He won twice the Five Nations, with a grand slam, in 1997 and 1998.

Sadourny after ending his player career, started to coach. He was already the coach of Blagnac SCR, and he was one of the two coaches of US Colomiers, for the season of 2007/2008. They both won the Fédérale 1, ascending at Rugby Pro D2 for the current season.

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