Claude Mantoulan
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| Born | 5 March 1936 Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 September 1983 (aged 47) Perpignan, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (11 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fly-half | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | positions, stand-off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 18 January 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Claude Mantoulan, nicknamed La Mantoule, (Pau, 5 March 1936 – Perpignan, 9 September 1983) is a French former rugby union and rugby league player.
Biography[edit]
A fly-half, centre or fullback, he had excellent technical and offensive qualifies but his defense was average.
Opting for rugby league, he is, after Gilbert Benausse, the second most capped player of the France national rugby league team.
Rugby union career[edit]
Club[edit]
- Section Paloise
- Runner-up at the Challenge Yves du Manoir (1959)
France national team[edit]
- International (1 capt) against Ireland (18) before the 1959 Five Nations Championship won by France.
Rugby league career[edit]
Club[edit]
Palmarès[edit]
- French Champion with Roanne XIII (1960), and XIII Catalan (1969)
- Winner of the Lord Derby Cup with Roanne XIII (1962), and XIII Catalan (1969)
- Runner-up of the French Championship with Roanne XIII (1961), and XIII Catalan (1970)
- Runner-up of the Lord Derby Cup with XIII Catalan (1967)
France national team[edit]
- International (46 caps) between 1959 and 1970 (his debut was against Australia (1959)).
- Took part at the 1960 Rugby League World Cup
References[edit]
- ^ "Dragons Catalans › News › 2014 › April › 80e anniversaire du XIII Catalan". Les Dragons Catalans. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "le coteau – nécrologie. Adieu à Aldo Quaglio". www.leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "ACCUEIL". Site des anciens de la Section Paloise (in French). Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "le coteau – nécrologie. Adieu à Aldo Quaglio". www.leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 May 2020.
External links[edit]
- Claude Mantoulan international rugby union statistics at ESPN Scrum
- Claude Mantoulan at rugbyleagueproject.com
Categories:
- 1936 births
- 1983 deaths
- Dual-code rugby internationals
- France international rugby union players
- France national rugby league team players
- French rugby league players
- French rugby union coaches
- French rugby union players
- RC Roanne XIII players
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Rugby league players from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Section Paloise players
- Sportspeople from Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Rugby union players from Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- XIII Catalan players