Jean Duhau

{{Short description|Former France RL coach & dual-code international rugby footballer}}

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|caption = Jean Duhau with the Stade Français jersey in 1927

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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1906|5|1}}François Duboisset,Rugby Guide édition 2003, Editions De Vecchi, Paris, 2002. p.{{0}}418.

|birth_place = Ondres, Landes,
Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1973|9|24|1906|5|1}}

|death_place = Marseille, France

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| ru_position = Front row

| ru_club1 = Stade Français

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| ru_yearAend = 30

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|updated = 17 January 2021

|source = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Jean-Duhau/summary.html Jean Duhau] rugbyleagueproject.org{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/jean-duhau/summary.html|title=Jean Duhau - Summary - Rugby League Project|first=Shawn Dollin and Andrew|last=Ferguson|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org|accessdate=9 November 2017}}

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Jean Duhau (1906-1973) is a French rugby footballer who represented France as a player in both rugby league and rugby union. He later became a coach and coached France rugby league team in multiple Rugby League World Cups.

Playing career

Duhau originally played rugby union and played in the 1926–27 French Rugby Union Championship for Stade Français. He made his debut for France on 28 January 1928, becoming French representative 235.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/search/results?q=Jean+Duhau#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=Jean+Duhau&gsc.page=1|title=ESPN Search Results: Jean Duhau News, Videos, PodCasts|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=9 November 2017}} He later switched to rugby league, being part of the France side that toured Great Britain in 1934.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTRJCgAAQBAJ&q=Jean+Duhau&pg=PT177|title=The Oval World: A Global History of Rugby|first=Tony|last=Collins|date=27 August 2015|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781408843727|accessdate=9 November 2017|via=Google Books}}

Coaching career

Duhau later became a coach and coached the France rugby league team during their 1951 tour of Australia and New Zealand and at the inaugural 1954 Rugby League World Cup. He also later coached the team at the 1957 and 1960 Rugby League World Cups.

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