Sylvain Houles (born 3 August 1981) is the head coach of Toulouse Olympique in the Championship and a French former professional rugby league footballer.
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| Born | 3 August 1981 France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre, Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
editAs a player, Houles was a French international who toured New Zealand and Papua New Guinea in 2001 and appeared in the Super League for the Huddersfield Giants, the London Broncos and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He also played in the Championship for the Dewsbury Rams and Toulouse Olympique. His position of choice was initially on the wing or in the centre, but in his later career he played as a loose forward.
Coaching career
editHoules combined playing with an assistant coach role in his later career, was appointed head coach of Toulouse Olympique once his playing career ended in 2012.
On 10 October 2021, Houles coached Toulouse to victory over Featherstone in the Million Pound Game which saw the club promoted to the Super League for the first time in their history.[6] Toulouse Olympique would go on to be relegated the following season from the Super League after finishing bottom of the table. Houles would later comment saying that the relegation had done "untold damage" to the club.[7]
References
edit- ^ loverugbyleague
- ^ itsrugby.fr
- ^ championshipstats.rlfans.com Archived 2010-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ to13.com
- ^ "Toulouse promoted to Super League after beating Featherstone". www.skysports.com.
- ^ "Toulouse suffering "untold damage" due to relegation from Super League". www.loverugbyleague.com. 21 October 2022.
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