Rugby player
| Date of birth | (1960-12-16) 16 December 1960 (age 64) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Auterive, Haute-Garonne, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 246 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Claude Portolan (born 16 December 1960) is a French former international rugby union player.
A product of hometown club SA Auterive, Portolan was a prop and spent all but one season of his senior career with Stade Toulousain, playing 358 games. He featured in six Brennus Shield titles and was a member of the side that won the 1995–96 Heineken Cup. His brother, Gérard, was a teammate at Stade Toulousain.
Portolan gained three France caps during his career, debuting against the Wallabies in Sydney on their 1986 tour of Australia, before returning for two matches in the 1989 Five Nations.
See also
References
- "Portolan, Les Larmes D'Un Certain Rugby". L'Humanité (in French). 30 December 1996.
- Lopez, Robin (27 April 2023). "[Que sont-ils devenus ?] Claude Portolan : « Le Stade Toulousain, c'est ma deuxième famille »". Le Journal Toulousain (in French).
- "Claude Portolan, ancien pilier du Stade Toulousain : «J'aurais aimé jouer aujourd'hui»". La Dépêche (in French). 7 February 2019.
External links
- Claude Portolan at ESPNscrum