Serge Lairle is a French rugby union former footballer and a current coach. He played as a prop, lock and hooker.

He played for Stade Toulousain

Stade Toulousain

Stade Toulousain, also referred to as Toulouse, is a French rugby union club from Toulouse in Midi-Pyrénées. Toulouse is one of the finest rugby clubs in Europe, having won the Heineken Cup four times – in 1996, 2003, 2005 and 2010. They were also runners-up in 2004 and 2008 against London Wasps...

, from 1975/76 to 1989/90, when he finished his career. He played also for France XV

France A national rugby union team

The France A national rugby union team, known previously as France XV national rugby union team and France B national rugby union team, are the second national rugby union team behind the French national side.-History:...

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He was the coach of several teams in France. Lairle was nominated head coach of Romania

Romania national rugby union team

The Romania national rugby union team , nicknamed The Oaks , is the representative side of Romania in rugby union. Long considered one of the stronger European teams outside the Six Nations, they have participated in all six Rugby World Cups, and currently compete in the first division of the...

 in 2009. He had a disappointing 2011 Rugby World Cup

2011 Rugby World Cup

The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005...

 qualification, reaching only the 3rd place and failing the direct qualifiyng for the first time but still reaching the repechage. He was replaced by Romeo Gontineac

Romeo Gontineac

Romeo Stefan Gontineac is a former Romanian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a centre....

in 2010.

External links

• Serge Lairle Data