Claude Portolan

Claude Portolan
Date of birth (1960-12-16) 16 December 1960 (age 64)
Place of birthAuterive, Haute-Garonne, France
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight246 lb (112 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1986–89 France 3 (0)

Claude Portolan (born 16 December 1960) is a French former international rugby union player.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Portolan, Les Larmes D'Un Certain Rugby". L'Humanité (in French). 30 December 1996.
  2. ^ Lopez, Robin (27 April 2023). "[Que sont-ils devenus ?] Claude Portolan : « Le Stade Toulousain, c'est ma deuxième famille »". Le Journal Toulousain (in French).
  3. ^ "Claude Portolan, ancien pilier du Stade Toulousain : «J'aurais aimé jouer aujourd'hui»". La Dépêche (in French). 7 February 2019.