Didier Codorniou

Didier Codorniou

Date of birth	(1958-02-13) 13 February 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth	Narbonne, France
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1975-1986 RC Narbonne () 1986-1989 Stade Toulousain () 1989-1991 FC villefranchois () 1991-1994 RC Narbonne () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1979-1986 France 31 (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

• Grand Slam : 1981
• French rugby champion, 1979 with RC Narbonne and 1989 with Stade Toulousain.
• Challenge Yves du Manoir 1978, 1979 and 1984 with RC Narbonne

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.