Olivier Saïsset | |
Birth Date: | 7 June 1949 |
Birth Place: | Le Poujol-sur-Orb, France |
Height: | 6 ft 2 in |
Weight: | 203 lb |
Position: | Back-row |
Repyears1: | 1971–75 |
Repcaps1: | 17 |
Reppoints1: | 8 |
Olivier Saïsset (born 7 June 1949) is a French former rugby union player and coach.[1]
Born in Le Poujol-sur-Orb, Saïsset was a back-rower and won six French Championships playing with AS Béziers. He was capped 17 times by France between 1971 and 1975, featuring mostly as a flanker.[2]
Saïsset had immediate success in his coaching career, leading AS Béziers to the 1979–80 French Championship title as a first-season coach. He was coach of the USA Perpignan team that reached the 2003 Heineken Cup final.[3]