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Big-spending French second division rugby club Toulon, fresh from hiring ex-All Blacks captain Tana Umaga on a lucrative short-term deal, has signed Australian coach Tim Lane.
Assistant coach to the Australian team that won the 1999 World Cup, Lane takes over as general manager and backs coach of the side that Umaga helped hoist up to third in the competitive second-tier division.
Lane has coached Clermont (2000-1) and was recently sacked by Top 14 club Brive.