Claude Portolan | |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1960 |
Height: | 6 ft 0 in |
Weight: | 246 lb |
Position: | Prop |
Repyears1: | 1986–89 |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 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]