Jean-Claude Skrela

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Jean-Claude Skrela
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1949-10-01) 1 October 1949
Place of birth	Colomiers, France
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	199 lb (90 kg)
Notable relative(s)	David Skrela
Playing career
Position	Flanker
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	FC Auch Gers Toulouse
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1971-1978	France	46
Coaching career
Years	Club / team
1985-1989 1989-1995 1995-1999	Toulouse US Colomiers France
correct as of 2007-10-14.
Rugby union career

Jean-Claude Skrela (born October 1, 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.

The son of Polish refugees, he played rugby union for Toulouse. He played 46 times for France as a back row forward, culminating in a Five Nations Grand Slam in 1977. He also scored the first four-point try in a major Test match on November 20, 1971, when he charged down a kick from Australian fullback Arthur McGill.^[1]

Skrela took over as national team coach from Pierre Berbizier after the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Despite France's historic 43-31 victory over the All Blacks in their World Cup semi-final at Twickenham, Skrela was heavily criticised for his team's performance in the early part of the 1999 World Cup. The French went on to lose the 6 November final to 35-12 Australia - the largest margin of any of the four tournaments to date.

He went on to coach the national side to their first-ever back-to-back Grand Slams in 1997 and 1998, before France slumped to the wooden spoon in 1999.

He resigned and was replaced by Bernard Laporte at the end of 1999.

References

↑ First five-point try, England at Twickenham and the origins of a No.8

External links

Skrela steps down as French coach (from the BBC)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Pierre Berbizier	French National Rugby Union Coach 1995 – 1999	Succeeded by Bernard Laporte

v t e France squad – 1999 Rugby World Cup Runners-up

Forwards	Auradou Benazzi Brouzet Califano Costes Dal Maso de Villiers Ibanez (c) Juillet M. Lièvremont T. Lièvremont Magne Mallier Pelous Soulette Tournaire

Backs	Bernat-Salles S. Castaignède T. Castaignède (injured) Brusque (sub) Desbrosse Dominici Dourthe Galthié (sub) Garbajosa Glas Lamaison Mignoni (injured) Marlu Mola Ntamack Sarramea

Coach	Skrela

Authority control	VIAF: 56616500 BNF: cb11924972k

Persondata
Name	Skrela, jean-Claude
Alternative names
Short description	French rugby union player
Date of birth	1 October 1949
Place of birth	Colomiers, France
Date of death
Place of death

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