Bernard Charreyre
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Bernard Charreyre is a French rugby union coach.
He coached French Students (1996) and France under-19 (2000) before going off as head coach of Romania after they had been smashed 134-0 by England at Twickenham in November 2001.
In January 2002 Charreyre took over. He was nicknamed the Little Napoleon. That year they won the European Nations Cup and qualified for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, where they suffered in their tough pool with defeats at the hands of Australia (90-8), Argentina (50-3) and Ireland (45-17). Despite a victory over Namibia the Romanian Rugby Federation decided not to renew his contract.
