Fernand Cazenave

Fernand Cazenave

Born	Fernand Cazenave (1924-11-26)26 November 1924 Bérenx, France
Died	10 January 2005(2005-01-10) (aged 80) Mont-de-Marsan, France
Rugby union career
Position Wing Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Racing Club de France Mont-de-Marsan International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1950–1954 France 6 (5) Coaching career Years Team 1959–1967 Mont-de-Marsan 1968–1973 France

Fernand Cazenave (26 November 1924 – 10 January 2005)^[1] was a French former rugby union international and national coach.

Cazenave played six times for France as a winger in the 1950s. He debuted against England in 1950 and scored his only Test try as France won 6-3. His last match, was also against England, in 1954 which France again won 11-3, in Paris.

He took up coaching and coached Mont-de-Marsan to victory in the French Championship in 1963, the only time the club has won the championship. Mont-de-Marsan also won the Yves Du-Manoir three times, 1961-62.

He took over as French coach from Jean Prat in 1968. France toured South Africa (1971) and Australia (1972) during this time. He was coach until 1973 when Jean Desclaux took over. Cazenave became the French Federation's first national technical director.

He died aged 80 on 11 January 2005.

References

1. "matchID - CAZENAVE Fernand Lucien". Fichier de Décès. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

External links

• France mourn Fernand Cazenave^{[permanent dead link]}

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jean Prat	French National Rugby Union Coach 1968 – 1973	Succeeded by Jean Desclaux