Laurent Seigne

{{Short description|French rugby union player (born 1960)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|08|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tulle, France

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| height = 5 ft 10 in

| weight = 227 lb

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| position = Prop

| repyears1 = 1989–95

| repteam1 = {{nrut|France}}

| repcaps1 = 15

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Laurent Seigne (born 12 August 1960) is a French former rugby union coach and international player.

Born in Tulle, Seigne was a junior at both ASPO Brive and Stade Clermontois.{{cite web |title=Laurent Seigne : "ce qui m’anime c’est la passion et le plaisir de partager des aventures humaines" |url=https://www.branchezrugby.fr/laurent-seigne-ce-qui-manime-cest-la-passion-et-le-plaisir-de-partager-des-aventures-humaines/ |website=Branchez Rugby |language=fr-FR |date=12 February 2018}}

Seigne, a prop, was known for his toughness and played in SU Agen's French Championship-winning team of 1988.{{cite news |last1=Woolford |first1=Anthony |title=Murder, gouging and Russian roulette...the story of French rugby's brutes |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/murder-gouging-russian-roulette-remarkable-10928737 |work=Wales Online |date=22 February 2016 |language=en}} It was from that club that he gained the first of his 15 France caps in 1989, in a match against the British Lions. In 1993, Seigne featured in all four Tests for France in their victorious Five Nations campaign. He was an used player for France's historic series win over the All Blacks on the 1994 tour of New Zealand. By the time he retired in 1995, Seigne had played senior rugby for five French clubs, US Cognac, SU Agen, RC Narbonne, Mérignac and CA Brive.

As a coach, Seigne had his first assignment with CA Brive and led the club to the 1996–97 Heineken Cup title. After two year as an assistant coach at Gloucester, he returned to France, where he had stints as head coach with CS Bourgoin-Jallieu and Castres Olympique, as well as a second spell at CA Brive.{{cite news |title=Seigne arrive |url=https://www.sudouest.fr/sport/rugby/top14/seigne-arrive-9830245.php |work=Sud Ouest |date=11 January 2011 |language=fr-FR}}{{cite news |title=French duo in race to succeed Hansen |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/french-duo-race-succeed-hansen-2454603 |work=Wales Online |date=23 January 2004 |language=en}}