Date of birth | 16 December 1960 | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Auterive, Haute-Garonne, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 246 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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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]