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{{short description|Professional RL coach and former France international rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name                = Laurent Frayssinous
|image               = Laurent Frayssinous.jpg
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|birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1977|5|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Villeneuve-sur-Lot]], France
|position            = {{rlp|FB|SO}}
|club1               = [[Villeneuve Leopards|Villeneuve]]
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|goals1              = 
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|club2               = [[Saint-Estève XIII Catalan|UTC]]
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|club3               = {{nowrap|[[Catalans Dragons]]}}
|year3start          = 2006
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|appearances3        = 19
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|points3             = 90
|teamA               = {{rlnt|France}}
|yearAstart          = 1999
|yearAend            = 05
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|coachteam1          = {{nowrap|[[Catalans Dragons]]}}
|coachyear1start     = 2013
|coachyear1end       = 17
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|coachteam2          = [[Ottawa Aces]]
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|coachyearAstart     = 2021
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|retired             = no
|source              = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/laurent-frayssinous/summary.html Rugby League Project (player)]</ref><ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/laurent-frayssinous/summary.html Rugby League Project (coach)]</ref><ref name="Profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.rleague.com//db/player/f/fraysinnous_laurent/index.php|title=Profile|publisher=rleague.com|date=24 April 2010|accessdate=2010-04-24}}</ref>
|updated             = 10 October 2023
}}

'''Laurent Frayssinous''' (born 7 May 1977) is a French professional [[rugby league]] coach who is the head coach of {{rlnt|France}} and former professional rugby league footballer.

He played for the [[Catalans Dragons]] in the [[Super League]] and [[France national rugby league team|France]] at international level. He coached [[Catalans Dragons|Les Catalans]] in the [[Super League]]. He was due to take control of the [[Ottawa Aces]] before the club withdrew from the English pyramid.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.totalrl.com/ottawa-aces-name-laurent-frayssinous-coach/ |title=Ottawa Aces name Laurent Frayssinous as their inaugural head coach – Total Rugby League – TotalRL.com &#124; League Express &#124; Rugby League World |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=2 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702150056/https://www.totalrl.com/ottawa-aces-name-laurent-frayssinous-coach/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Playing career==
He represented France in the halves in the [[2000 Rugby League World Cup|2000 World Cup]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} Whilst playing for [[Villeneuve Leopards]] Frayssinous was selected to play at {{rlp|so}} for France on the [[2001 French rugby league tour of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea|2001 France tour of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea]]. He also played in a match against the touring [[Australian Kangaroos]] at the end of the 2005 season, scoring a try and kicking two goals.<ref>[https://secure.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/98638/Australian_Rugby_League_2005.pdf 2005 Annual Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705170103/https://secure.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/98638/Australian_Rugby_League_2005.pdf |date= 5 July 2009 }} – [[Australian Rugby League]] (p. 38)</ref> Frayssinous played for [[Catalans Dragons]] when they reached the quarter-finals of the [[2006 Challenge Cup]].

==Coaching career==
===Catalans Dragons===
At the end of the 2012 season, Laurent Frayssinous was appointed head coach of the [[Catalans Dragons]] on a two-year contract, replacing [[Trent Robinson]], who had left to coach the [[Sydney Roosters]]. At 35, he was the youngest coach in the [[Super League]] at the time, and the first French coach of the Perpignan-based club.<ref>{{cite news|title=Laurent Frayssinous appointed coach of Catalan (sic) Dragons|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-league/19823620|accessdate=18 September 2014|publisher=BBC|date=3 October 2012}}</ref> On 22 May 2017, after a 10-18 defeat by the [[Huddersfield Giants]], he was dismissed by the board of directors at the club.

===Ottawa Aces===
On 2 July 2020, Frayssinous was appointed as the first head coach of the [[Ottawa Aces]] for their inaugural season in [[RFL League 1]] in 2021. However, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and subsequent financial issues the [[Ottawa Aces]] club folded before playing a match and were forced to withdraw from the competition.

===France===
In 2021, Laurent was appointed head-coach of the {{rlnt|France}} national team.

===St Helens===
In Oct 2022, Laurent was appointed assistant-coach at [[St Helens R.F.C.]], concurrently with his role as the {{rlnt|France}} head-coach position.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.ffr13.fr/staff/laurent-frayssinous/ France profile]

{{St Helens squad}}
{{France squad 2000 Rugby League World Cup}}
{{France 2021 Rugby League World Cup squad}}
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