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| name             = Bernard Laporte
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| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|df=y|1964|1|07}}
| birth_place      = [[Rodez]], [[Aveyron]], France
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| office1          = Vice-Chairman of [[World Rugby]]
| 1blankname1      = Chairman
| 1namedata1       = [[Bill Beaumont]] 
| term_start1      = 12 May 2020
| term_end1        = 
| predecessor1     = [[Agustín Pichot]]
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| office2          = President of [[French Rugby Federation]]
| term_start2      = 3 December 2016
| term_end2        = 27 January 2023
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| predecessor2     = [[Pierre Camou]] 
| successor2       = [[Florian Grill]]

| office3          = [[Cabinet of François Fillon#Fillon's Second Government|Secretary of State for Sport]]
| term_start3      = 22 October 2007 
| term_end3        = 23 June 2009
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| successor3       = [[Rama Yade]]
| president3       = [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]
| primeminister3   = [[François Fillon]]
| 1blankname3      = {{nowrap|[[Minister of Sports (France)|Minister]]}}
| 1namedata3       = [[Roselyne Bachelot]]

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| ru_position    = [[Scrum-half (rugby union)|Scrum-half]]
| amatyears1     = 1980–1984 
| amatyears2     =  1984–1993
| amatteam1      = [[UA Gaillac|Gaillac]] 
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| coachteams3    =  [[France national rugby union team|France]] 
| coachteams4    =  [[RC Toulonnais|Toulon]]
| coachteams5    =  [[Montpellier Hérault Rugby|Montpellier]] ''(Director)''
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'''Bernard Laporte''' (born 1 July 1964) is a [[rugby union|rugby]] player, coach and former French Secretary of State for Sport. From 1999 to 2007, Laporte was the head coach of the [[France national rugby union team|France national team]].  In 2011, he became the head coach at [[RC Toulonnais|Toulon]], after [[Philippe Saint-André]] became the new national team coach.<ref name=Toulon>{{cite news|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/france-top-14-2011-12/rugby/story/148926.html |title=Laporte takes charge at Toulon |work=ESPN Scrum |date=12 September 2011 |access-date=20 November 2011}}</ref> He was previously the coach at [[Stade Français]]. He was the first fully professional head coach of France. Laporte was president of the [[French Rugby Federation]] from December 2016 to January 2023.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/0127/1352173-french-rugby-in-turmoil-as-laporte-resigns-as-president/ |title=French rugby in turmoil as Laporte resigns as president |publisher=RET |date=27 January 2023 |accessdate=29 January 2023}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Laporte played rugby union at scrum-half and won the French Under-21 championship with [[UA Gaillac]] in 1983 and then again in 1984, in which he was captain. Seven years later he captained Begles-Bordeaux to the French championship (won the title in 1991).

==Early coaching roles==
Laporte's first coaching role was in the early 1990s, when he was assistant coach of the Stade Bordelais University club between 1993 and 1995. He took over at Stade Français in 1995, who were in the third division at the time. He took them right up to the first division in three seasons, winning the respective championships. The club were crowned champions of France in 1998, when they defeated [[USA Perpignan]] 34–7 at [[Stade de France]].

==Head coach of France==
Laporte took over as head coach of the national team at the end of 1999. His first task was the [[2000 Six Nations Championship]], the first of its format, since the addition of [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]]. Laporte drew on the experience of the [[1999 Rugby World Cup]], where France had been losing finalists (to [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]]). Laporte named [[Fabien Pelous]] as captain. In France's first game under Laporte, they defeated [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] 36–3. France ended up winning three of their five matches which saw them finish second, behind winner [[England national rugby union team|England]].

Laporte became renowned for his commitment to improving discipline; he even suspended captain Fabien Pelous once for foul play.<ref name="frenchcapable">{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10410026|title=French rugby capable of anything|date=10 November 2006|first=Wynne|last=Gray|work=The New Zealand Herald}}</ref> Laporte said that discipline was not only important for team morale, but also for promoting the game of rugby:
<blockquote>I am trying to make them understand that these acts are inadmissible... If a player goes into the sinbin, his teammates have to fill in for him. I wanted [Pelous] to realise that by being yellow-carded he simply punishes his own team. ... We are talking about the future of our sport and if we want rugby to become more successful and more media friendly, we have to take a hard line on violence.<ref name="frenchcapable"/></blockquote>

The following season, France fell to fifth place in the [[2001 Six Nations Championship]], winning only two of their five matches; against [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] and [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]]. However, the following year, Laporte took France to victory in the [[2002 Six Nations Championship]] – not only winning the tournament, but completing a [[Grand Slam (rugby union)|grand slam]].

After the massive success at the 2002 Six Nations, France fell to third place in the [[2003 Six Nations Championship|subsequent tournament]], though they still won three of their five matches. France finished top of their pool at the [[2003 Rugby World Cup]] in Australia winning all four of their pool matches. France then defeated [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] 43–21 in the quarter-finals to move into the semi-finals. They were defeated 24–7 by England in the semi-final and moved on to the third/fourth place play-off, which they lost to the [[New Zealand national rugby union team|All Blacks]], and thus finished fourth at the World Cup.

After the strong showing at the World Cup, France reproduced their Six Nations success of 2002 at the [[2004 Six Nations Championship]]. France won all five of their matches to win the tournament and complete another grand slam. France finished second, behind Wales in the [[2005 Six Nations Championship]], and the following year at the [[2006 Six Nations Championship|2006 tournament]], France won again, getting their third Six Nations trophy under Laporte.

After eight years in charge of the French national team, he resigned as coach following the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]]. In his final [[2007 Six Nations Championship|Six Nations Championship]] in charge of France, his team won four out of their five games and emerged champions after edging out [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] on points difference.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2007/03/18/srfranquo18.xml | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Sport}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

=== International matches as Head coach ===
<small>'''Note:''' World Rankings Column shows the World Ranking France was placed at on the following Monday after each of their matches</small>
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%"
|-
!colspan=8|Matches (2000–2007)
|-
!Matches
!Date
!Opposition
!Venue
!Score<br /><small>(Fra.–Opponent)</small>
!Competition
!Captain
![[World Rugby Rankings|World <br> Rank]]
|- 
! colspan=8|2000
|-
| align=center|'''1''' || 5 February || {{nrut|Wales}} || [[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|36–3 || rowspan=5|[[2000 Six Nations Championship|2000 Six Nations]] || rowspan=5|[[Fabien Pelous]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''2''' || 19 February || {{nrut|England}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCCC|9–15 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''3''' || 4 March || {{nrut|Scotland}} || [[Murrayfield Stadium]], Edinburgh || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|28–16 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''4''' || 19 March || {{nrut|Ireland}} || rowspan=2|[[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|25–27 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''5''' || 1 April || {{nrut|Italy}} || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|42–31 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''6''' || 28 May || {{nrut|Romania}} || [[Stadionul Dinamo]], [[Bucharest]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|67–20 || [[Test match (rugby union)|Test match]] || [[Abdelatif Benazzi]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''7''' || 4 November || {{nrut|Australia}} || rowspan=2|[[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|13–18 || rowspan=3|[[2000 end-of-year rugby union internationals|Autumn internationals]] || rowspan=3|[[Fabien Pelous]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''8''' || 11 November || rowspan=2|{{nrut|New Zealand}} || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|26–39 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''9''' || 18 November || [[Stade Vélodrome]], [[Marseille]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|42–33 || align=center|N/A
|-
! colspan=8|2001
|-
| align=center|'''10''' || 4 February || {{nrut|Scotland}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|16–6 || rowspan=5|[[2001 Six Nations Championship|2001 Six Nations]] || rowspan=5|[[Fabien Pelous]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''11''' || 17 February || {{nrut|Ireland}} || [[Lansdowne Road]], Dublin || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|15–22 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''12''' || 3 March || {{nrut|Italy}} || [[Stadio Flaminio]], Rome || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|30–19 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''13''' || 17 March || {{nrut|Wales}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|35–43 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''14''' || 7 April || {{nrut|England}} || [[Twickenham]], London || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|19–48 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''15''' || 16 June || rowspan=2|{{nrut|South Africa}} || [[Ellis Park Stadium]], [[Johannesburg]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|32–23 || rowspan=3|[[2001 France rugby union tour of South Africa and New Zealand|2001 tour]] || rowspan=6|[[Fabien Galthié]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''16''' || 23 June || [[Kings Park Stadium]], [[Durban]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|15–20 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''17''' || 30 June || {{nrut|New Zealand}} || [[Westpac Stadium]], [[Wellington]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|12–37 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''18''' || 10 November || {{nrut|South Africa}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|20–10 || rowspan=3|[[2001 end-of-year rugby union internationals|Autumn internationals]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''19''' || 17 November || {{nrut|Australia}} || [[Stade Vélodrome]], [[Marseille]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|14–13 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''20''' || 24 November || {{nrut|Fiji}} || [[Stade Geoffroy-Guichard]], [[Saint-Étienne]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|77–10 || align=center|N/A
|-
! colspan=8|2002
|-
| align=center|'''21''' || 2 February || {{nrut|Italy}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|33–12 || rowspan=5|[[2002 Six Nations Championship|2002 Six Nations]] || [[Olivier Magne]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''22''' || 16 February || {{nrut|Wales}} || [[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|37–33 || [[Raphaël Ibañez]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''23''' || 2 March || {{nrut|England}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|20–15 || rowspan=3|[[Fabien Galthié]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''24''' || 23 March || {{nrut|Scotland}} || [[Murrayfield Stadium]], Edinburgh || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|22–10 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''25''' || 7 April || {{nrut|Ireland}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|44–5 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''26''' || 15 June || {{nrut|Argentina}} || [[José Amalfitani Stadium]], Buenos Aires || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|27–28 || rowspan=3|[[2002 France rugby union tour of Argentina and Australia|2002 tour]] || [[Raphaël Ibañez]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''27''' || 22 June || rowspan=2|{{nrut|Australia}} || [[Docklands Stadium]], [[Melbourne]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|17–29 || [[Fabien Pelous]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''28''' || 29 June || [[Stadium Australia]], Sydney || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|25–31 || [[Raphaël Ibañez]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''29''' || 9 November || {{nrut|South Africa}} || [[Stade Vélodrome]], [[Marseille]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|30–10 || rowspan=3|[[2002 end-of-year rugby union internationals|Autumn internationals]] || rowspan=3|[[Fabien Galthié]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''30''' || 16 November || {{nrut|New Zealand}} || rowspan=2|[[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=FFFFCC|20–20 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''31''' || 23 November || {{nrut|Canada}} || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|35–3 || align=center|N/A
|-
! colspan=8|2003
|-
| align=center|'''32''' || 15 February || {{nrut|England}} || [[Twickenham]], London || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|17–25 || rowspan=5|[[2003 Six Nations Championship|2003 Six Nations]] || rowspan=2|[[Fabien Galthié]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''33''' || 23 February || {{nrut|Scotland}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|38–3 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''34''' || 8 March || {{nrut|Ireland}} || [[Lansdowne Road]], Dublin || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|12–15 || rowspan=3|[[Fabien Pelous]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''35''' || 23 March || {{nrut|Italy}} || [[Stadio Flaminio]], Rome || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|53–27 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''36''' || 29 March || {{nrut|Wales}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|33–5 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''37''' || 14 June || rowspan=2|{{nrut|Argentina}} || rowspan=2|[[José Amalfitani Stadium]], Buenos Aires || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|6–10 || rowspan=3|[[2003 France rugby union tour of Argentina and New Zealand|2003 tour]] || rowspan=5|[[Fabien Galthié]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''38''' || 20 June || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|32–33 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''39''' || 28 June || {{nrut|New Zealand}} || [[Carisbrook]], [[Dunedin]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|23–31 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''40''' || 22 August || {{nrut|Romania}} || [[Stade Félix-Bollaert]], [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|56–8 || rowspan=3|[[2003 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches|2003 RWC warm-up]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''41''' || 30 August || rowspan=2|{{nrut|England}} || [[Stade Vélodrome]], [[Marseille]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|17–16 || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''42''' || 6 September || [[Twickenham]], London || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|14–45 || [[Raphaël Ibañez]] || align=center|N/A
|-
| align=center|'''43''' || 11 October || {{nrut|Fiji}} || [[Lang Park]], [[Brisbane]], Australia || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|61–18 || rowspan=7|[[2003 Rugby World Cup]] || rowspan=3|[[Fabien Galthié]] || align=center|5th
|-
| align=center|'''44''' || 18 October || {{nrut|Japan}} || [[Dairy Farmers Stadium]], [[Townsville]], Australia || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|51–29 || align=center|5th
|-
| align=center|'''45''' || 25 October || {{nrut|Scotland}} || [[Stadium Australia]], Sydney || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|51–9 || align=center|5th
|-
| align=center|'''46''' || 31 October || {{nrut|United States}} || [[WIN Stadium]], [[Wollongong]], Australia || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|41–14 || [[Yannick Bru]] || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''47''' || 9 November || {{nrut|Ireland}} || [[Docklands Stadium]], [[Melbourne]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|43–21 || rowspan=2|[[Fabien Galthié]] || align=center|3rd
|-
| align=center|'''48''' || 16 November || {{nrut|England}} || rowspan=2|[[Stadium Australia]], Sydney || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|7–24 || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''49''' || 20 November || {{nrut|New Zealand}} || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|13–40 || [[Yannick Bru]] || align=center|4th
|-
! colspan=8|2004
|-
| align=center|'''50''' || 14 February || {{nrut|Ireland}} || rowspan=2|[[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|35–17 || rowspan=5|[[2004 Six Nations Championship|2004 Six Nations]] || rowspan=10|[[Fabien Pelous]] || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''51''' || 21 February || {{nrut|Italy}} || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|25–0 || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''52''' || 7 March || {{nrut|Wales}} || [[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|29–22 || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''53''' || 21 March || {{nrut|Scotland}} || [[Murrayfield Stadium]], Edinburgh || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|31–0 || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''54''' || 27 March || {{nrut|England}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|24–21 || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''55''' || 3 July || {{nrut|United States}} || [[Dillon Stadium]], [[Hartford]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|39–31 || rowspan=2|[[2004 France rugby union tour of North America|2004 tour]] || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''56''' || 10 July || {{nrut|Canada}} || [[York Stadium]], Toronto || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|47–13 || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''57''' || 13 November || {{nrut|Australia}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|27–14 || rowspan=3|[[2004 end-of-year rugby union internationals|Autumn internationals]] || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''58''' || 20 November || {{nrut|Argentina}} || [[Stade Vélodrome]], [[Marseille]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|14–24 || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''59''' || 27 November || {{nrut|New Zealand}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|6–45 || align=center|5th
|-
! colspan=8|2005
|-
| align=center|'''60''' || 5 February || {{nrut|Scotland}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|16–9 || rowspan=5|[[2005 Six Nations Championship|2005 Six Nations]] || rowspan=5|[[Fabien Pelous]] || align=center|5th
|-
| align=center|'''61''' || 13 February || {{nrut|England}} || [[Twickenham]], London || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|18–17 || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''62''' || 26 February || {{nrut|Wales}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|18–24 || align=center|5th
|-
| align=center|'''63''' || 12 March || {{nrut|Ireland}} || [[Lansdowne Road]], Dublin || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|26–19 || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''64''' || 19 March || {{nrut|Italy}} || [[Stadio Flaminio]], Rome || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|56–13 || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''65''' || 18 June || rowspan=2|{{nrut|South Africa}} || [[Kings Park Stadium]], [[Durban]] || align=center bgcolor=FFFFCC|30–30 || rowspan=3|[[2005 France rugby union tour of South Africa and Australia|2005 tour]] || [[Jean-Baptiste Élissalde]] || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''66''' || 25 June || [[Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium]], [[Port Elizabeth]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|13–27 || [[Dimitri Yachvili]] || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''67''' || 2 July || rowspan=2|{{nrut|Australia}} || [[Lang Park]], [[Brisbane]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|31–37 || [[Jean-Baptiste Élissalde]] || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''68''' || 5 November || [[Stade Vélodrome]], [[Marseille]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|26–16 || rowspan=4|[[2005 end-of-year rugby union internationals|Autumn internationals]] || [[Fabien Pelous]] || align=center|3rd
|-
| align=center|'''69''' || 12 November || {{nrut|Canada}} || [[Stade de la Beaujoire]], [[Nantes]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|50–6 || rowspan=3|[[Jérôme Thion]] || align=center|3rd
|-
| align=center|'''70''' || 19 November || {{nrut|Tonga}} || [[Stadium de Toulouse]], [[Toulouse]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|43–8 || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''71''' || 26 November || {{nrut|South Africa}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|26–20 || align=center|3rd
|-
! colspan=8|2006
|-
| align=center|'''72''' || 5 February || {{nrut|Scotland}} || [[Murrayfield Stadium]], Edinburgh || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|16–20 || rowspan=5|[[2006 Six Nations Championship|2006 Six Nations]] || rowspan=8|[[Fabien Pelous]] || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''73''' || 11 February || {{nrut|Ireland}} || rowspan=3|[[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|43–31 || align=center|3rd
|-
| align=center|'''74''' || 25 February || {{nrut|Italy}} || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|37–12 || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''75''' || 12 March || {{nrut|England}} || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|31–6 || align=center|3rd
|-
| align=center|'''76''' || 18 March || {{nrut|Wales}} || [[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|21–16 || align=center|3rd
|-
| align=center|'''77''' || 17 June || {{nrut|Romania}} || [[Stadionul Dinamo]], [[Bucharest]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|62–14 || rowspan=2|[[2006 France rugby union tour of Romania and South Africa|2006 tour]] || align=center|3rd
|-
| align=center|'''78''' || 24 June || {{nrut|South Africa}} || [[Newlands Stadium]], [[Cape Town]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|36–26 || align=center|'''2nd'''
|-
| align=center|'''79''' || 11 November || rowspan=2|{{nrut|New Zealand}} || [[Stade de Gerland]], [[Lyon]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|3–47 || rowspan=3|[[2006 end-of-year rugby union internationals|Autumn internationals]] || align=center|'''2nd'''
|-
| align=center|'''80''' || 18 November || rowspan=2|[[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|11–23 || rowspan=2|[[Raphaël Ibañez]] || align=center|'''2nd'''
|-
| align=center|'''81''' || 25 November || {{nrut|Argentina}} || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|27–26 || align=center|'''2nd'''
|-
! colspan=8|2007
|-
| align=center|'''82''' || 3 February || {{nrut|Italy}} || [[Stadio Flaminio]], Rome || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|39–3 || rowspan=5|[[2007 Six Nations Championship|2007 Six Nations]] || rowspan=5|[[Raphaël Ibañez]] || align=center|'''2nd'''
|-
| align=center|'''83''' || 11 February || {{nrut|Ireland}} || [[Croke Park]], Dublin || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|20–17 || align=center|'''2nd'''
|-
| align=center|'''84''' || 24 February || {{nrut|Wales}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|32–21 || align=center|'''2nd'''
|-
| align=center|'''85''' || 11 March || {{nrut|England}} || [[Twickenham]], London || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|18–26 || align=center|'''2nd'''
|-
| align=center|'''86''' || 17 March || {{nrut|Scotland}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|46–19 || align=center|'''2nd'''
|-
| align=center|'''87''' || 2 June || rowspan=2|{{nrut|New Zealand}} || [[Eden Park]], [[Auckland]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|11–42 || rowspan=2|[[2007 France rugby union tour of New Zealand|2007 tour]] || rowspan=2|[[Pascal Papé]] || align=center|'''2nd'''
|-
| align=center|'''88''' || 9 June || [[Westpac Stadium]], [[Wellington]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|10–61 || align=center|'''2nd'''
|-
| align=center|'''89''' || 11 August || rowspan=2|{{nrut|England}} || [[Twickenham]], London || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|21–15 || rowspan=3|[[2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches|2007 RWC warm-up]] || rowspan=2|[[Raphaël Ibañez]] || align=center|3rd
|-
| align=center|'''90''' || 18 August || [[Stade Vélodrome]], [[Marseille]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|22–9 || align=center|3rd
|-
| align=center|'''91''' || 26 August || {{nrut|Wales}} || [[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|34–7 || [[Serge Betsen]] || align=center|3rd
|-
| align=center|'''92''' || 7 September || {{nrut|Argentina}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|12–17 || rowspan=7|[[2007 Rugby World Cup]] || [[Raphaël Ibañez]] || align=center|5th
|-
| align=center|'''93''' || 16 September || {{nrut|Namibia}} || [[Stadium de Toulouse]], [[Toulouse]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|87–10 || [[Jean-Baptiste Élissalde]] || align=center|5th
|-
| align=center|'''94''' || 21 September || {{nrut|Ireland}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFFCC|25–3 || [[Raphaël Ibañez]] || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''95''' || 30 September || {{nrut|Georgia}} || [[Stade Vélodrome]], [[Marseille]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|64–7 || [[Serge Betsen]] || align=center|5th
|-
| align=center|'''96''' || 6 October || {{nrut|New Zealand}} || [[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]] || align=center bgcolor=CCFFCC|20–18 || rowspan=3|[[Raphaël Ibañez]] || align=center|'''2nd'''
|-
| align=center|'''97''' || 13 October || {{nrut|England}} || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|9–14 || align=center|4th
|-
| align=center|'''98''' || 19 October || {{nrut|Argentina}} || [[Parc des Princes]], Paris || align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|10–34 || align=center|6th
|}

=== Record by country ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Opponent
! Played
! Won
! Drew
! Lost
! Win ratio (%)
! For
! Against
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|ARG}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|7|1|0|6}}
| 128
| 172
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|AUS}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|7|3|0|4}}
| 153
| 158
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|CAN}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|3|3|0|0}}
| 132
| 22
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|ENG}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|14|7|0|7}}
| 246
| 296
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|FIJ}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|2|2|0|0}}
| 138
| 28
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|GEO}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|1|1|0|0}}
| 64
| 7
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|IRE}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|10|7|0|3}}
| 288
| 177
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|ITA}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|8|8|0|0}}
| 315
| 117
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|JPN}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|1|1|0|0}}
| 51
| 29
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|NAM}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|1|1|0|0}}
| 87
| 10
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|NZL}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|12|2|1|9}}
| 197
| 436
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|ROM}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|3|3|0|0}}
| 185
| 42
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|SCO}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|9|8|0|1}}
| 264
| 92
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|RSA}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|8|5|1|2}}
| 202
| 166
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|TGA}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|1|1|0|0}}
| 43
| 8
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|USA}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|2|2|0|0}}
| 80
| 45
|- align=center
| align=left|{{ru|WAL}}
{{WDL|decimals=0|9|7|0|2}}
| 275
| 174
|-
! TOTAL
{{WDLtot|decimals=0|98|62|2|34}}
! 2848
! 1979
|}

=== Honors ===
* '''[[Top 14|French Rugby Union Championship/Top 14]]'''
** Winner: [[1997–98 French Rugby Union Championship|1997–98]]
* '''[[Rugby World Cup]]'''
** Fourth place : [[2003 Rugby World Cup|2003]], [[2007 Rugby World Cup|2007]]
* '''[[Six Nations Championship]]'''
** Winner : [[2002 Six Nations Championship|2002]], [[2004 Six Nations Championship|2004]], [[2006 Six Nations Championship|2006]], [[2007 Six Nations Championship|2007]]
** [[Grand Slam (rugby union)|Grand Slam]] : [[2002 Six Nations Championship|2002]], [[2004 Six Nations Championship|2004]]
** Runner-up : [[2000 Six Nations Championship|2000]], [[2005 Six Nations Championship|2005]]
** Third place : [[2003 Six Nations Championship|2003]]
* '''[[Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy]]'''
** Winner : [[2007 Six Nations Championship#Round 1|2007]]
* '''[[Trophée des Bicentenaires]]'''
** Winner : [[2001 Australia rugby union tour of Europe|November 2001]], [[2004 Australia rugby union tour of Europe|November 2004]], [[2005 Australia rugby union tour of Europe|November 2005]]
* '''[[IRB International Coach of the Year]]'''
** Winner: 2002

==Secretary of Sport==
It was announced on 19 June 2007, that after the Rugby World Cup in October, Laporte would be named Secretary of State for Youth and Sports in the government of François Fillon. He was appointed on 22 October 2007 as Secretary of State for Sports only.

He was involved in the disputes between the [[Amaury Sport Organisation]], organizers of the [[Tour de France]], the [[French Cycling Federation]] and the [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].<ref>[http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-under-the-control-of-ffc-and-afld-1/ Tour de France under the control of FFC and AFLD] – 3 June 2008</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/sports/12iht-cycling12.13667657.html UCI suspends French cycling federation over Paris-Nice disloyalty] – ''The New York Times'', 12 June 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.velowire.com/article/107/fr/paris-nice-2008---le-conflit-entre-aso-et-l-uci---l-historique.html Paris-Nice 2008 : le conflit entre ASO et l'UCI – l'historique] – Velowire, 3 March 2008</ref>

Laporte left this cabinet office on 23 June 2009, and was succeeded by [[Rama Yade]].

==Further club coaching==
Laporte returned to rugby coaching at [[Aviron Bayonnais|Bayonne]] in 2010, but lasted only two months. Laporte was then involved with Stade Français until being signed by Toulon.<ref name=Toulon/>

Toulon achieved enormous success under his coaching, including winning the [[Heineken Cup]]/[[European Rugby Champions Cup]] in [[2012–13 Heineken Cup|2012–13]], [[2013–14 Heineken Cup|2013–14]] and [[2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup|2014–15]].

==Rugby administration==
Laporte was  elected president of the [[French Rugby Federation]] in late 2016.<ref>{{cite web  |date=3 December 2016 |language=fr |title=Elections FFR Bernard Laporte est le nouveau président de la Fédération |url=http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/xv-de-france/2012-2013/presidence-ffr-la-liste-de-bernard-laporte-remporte-l-election-federale_sto5969883/story.shtml |website=rugbyrama.fr}}</ref> In May 2017, he joined the [[World Rugby]] executive committee, taking the seat left vacant by his predecessor [[Pierre Camou]]. He was elected during the general assembly of World Rugby in Kyoto, at the expense of the president of the South African Federation, Mark Alexander.<ref>{{cite web |date=9 May 2016 |language=fr |title=Bernard Laporte élu au comité exécutif de World Rugby à la place de Pierre Camou |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Bernard-laporte-elu-au-comite-executif-de-world-rugby-a-la-place-de-pierre-camou/800005 |website=lequipe.fr}}</ref>

In July 2019, Laporte was elected vice-president of the Six Nations tournament committee.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 July 2019 |language=fr |title=FFR : Bernard Laporte élu vice-président du comité du Tournoi des Six Nations |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Ffr-bernard-laporte-elu-vice-president-du-comite-du-tournoi-des-six-nations/1038662 |website=rugbyrama.fr}}</ref> In 2020 he ran unopposed for vice-chairman of World Rugby, replacing [[Agustín Pichot]] and taking office from 12 May 2020 alongside the re-elected chairman [[Bill Beaumont]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Beaumont re-elected World Rugby chairman for a second term |url=https://www.espn.com.au/rugby/story/_/id/29126594/bill-beaumont-re-elected-world-rugby-chairman-second-term |website=ESPN |date=2 May 2020}}</ref>

In December 2022 a French court found Laporte guilty of corruption, fining him €75,000 and sentencing him to two years' imprisonment (suspended). He has stated that he will "self-suspend" from rugby administration, but that he will appeal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Laporte to step back from duties after trial verdict |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2022/1220/1342867-laporte-to-step-back-from-duties-after-trial-verdict/ |access-date=20 December 2022 |publisher=RTÉ News |date=20 December 2022}}</ref>

==Trivia==
*He participates in a programme of [[Radio Monte Carlo|RMC-Info]] each Monday, ''Direct Laporte''.
*His puppet is a recurrent character in the satirical TV show ''[[Les Guignols de l'Info]]'', who incenses violence in rugby, described as the "valeurs de l'ovalie" (''values of rugby'') in a hyperbolic manner.
*Laporte has named [[Bakkies Botha]] as the greatest player he coached.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/top-14/2020-2021/top-14-bakkies-c-etait-mon-idole-entre-bakkies-botha-et-bernard-laporte-c-est-l-amour-fou_sto8211761/story.shtml|title = "Bakkies, c'était mon idole": Entre Bakkies Botha et Bernard Laporte, c'est (Toujours) l'amour fou|date = 8 April 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050416033605/http://www.scrum.com/sixnations/features/laporte.asp Star Q&A – Bernard Laporte]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060507213443/http://www.rwc2003.irb.com/EN/Tournament/Teams/France/Players/Bernard%2BLaporte/ Bernard Laporte]
*[http://www.rmcinfo.fr/index.php?id=262&idemission=71 Website of his programme in RMC]

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