Sylvain Houles

Sylvain Houles (born 3 August 1981) is the head coach of Toulouse Olympique in the Betfred Championship and a French former professional rugby league footballer.

Sylvain Houles

Personal information
Born	(1981-08-03) 3 August 1981 France
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position	Wing, Centre, Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1999 XIII Catalan 2000 Huddersfield Giants 7 1 0 0 4 2001–02 London Broncos 27 11 0 0 44 2003 Dewsbury Rams 2003–05 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 8 1 0 0 4 2007–08 Toulouse Olympique 17 1 0 0 4 2009–12 Toulouse Olympique 57 5 0 0 20 Total 116 19 0 0 76 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001–07 France 2 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2012– Toulouse Olympique 81 60 2 19 74
As of 4 November 2017 Source: [1][2][3][4][5]

As 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.

Houles 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.