Didier Codorniou

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Didier Codorniou
Born (1958-02-13) 13 February 1958 (age 67)
Narbonne, France
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Rugby union career
PositionCentre
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1975-1986RC Narbonne
1986-1989Stade Toulousain
1989-1991FC villefranchois
1991-1994RC Narbonne
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1979-1986France31(20)

Didier Codorniou (born 13 February 1958 in Narbonne)[1] is a former French rugby union player and a French politician. He played as a Centre.

Codorniou played for RC Narbonne and Stade Toulousain. He earned his first national cap on 7 July 1979 against the All Blacks, in the first victory France had achieved over the New Zealand team in New Zealand.

In Path to Victory former Australian flyhalf Mark Ella wrote of Codorniou that, "After playing against Didier Codorniou, I thought he was the best centre in the world. He directed all the backline traffic. He had the ball skills to set the play up or be an electrifying individualist."[2]

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  • Ella, Mark; Smith, Terry (1987). Path to Victory: Wallaby Power in the 1980s. ABC Enterprises. ISBN 0-642-52766-0.

    Didier Codorniou
    Born (1958-02-13) 13 February 1958 (age 67)
    Narbonne, France
    Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
    Weight68 kg (150 lb)
    Rugby union career
    PositionCentre
    Amateur team(s)
    YearsTeamApps(Points)
    1975-1986RC Narbonne
    1986-1989Stade Toulousain
    1989-1991FC villefranchois
    1991-1994RC Narbonne
    International career
    YearsTeamApps(Points)
    1979-1986France31(20)

    Didier Codorniou (born 13 February 1958 in Narbonne)[1] is a former French rugby union player and a French politician. He played as a Centre.

    Codorniou played for RC Narbonne and Stade Toulousain. He earned his first national cap on 7 July 1979 against the All Blacks, in the first victory France had achieved over the New Zealand team in New Zealand.

    In Path to Victory former Australian flyhalf Mark Ella wrote of Codorniou that, "After playing against Didier Codorniou, I thought he was the best centre in the world. He directed all the backline traffic. He had the ball skills to set the play up or be an electrifying individualist."[2]

    Honours

    Notes

    1. ^ Didier Codorniou player profile ESPN Scrum.com
    2. ^ Ella & Smith 1987, p. 61.

    References

    • Ella, Mark; Smith, Terry (1987). Path to Victory: Wallaby Power in the 1980s. ABC Enterprises. ISBN 0-642-52766-0.
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