Bernard Viviès | |
Birth Date: | 3 September 1955 |
Birth Place: | Rieumes, France |
Height: | 5 ft 10 in |
Weight: | 177 lb |
Position: | Fly-half / Fullback |
Repyears1: | 1978–83 |
Repcaps1: | 10 |
Reppoints1: | 20 |
Bernard Viviès (born 3 September 1955) is a French rugby union coach and former international.[1]
Born in Rieumes, Viviès played mostly as a fly-half and fullback. Debuting for France in 1978, he gained 10 international caps during his career and was a member of the grand slam-winning 1981 Five Nations side. He won a French championship in 1982 with SU Agen, where he had his elder brother Christian as a teammate for three seasons.[2]
Viviès was an assistant coach to Bernard Laporte for the national team from 2001 to 2007, serving as the backs coach.[3]