Didier Codorniou
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| Date of birth | 13 February 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Narbonne, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Didier Codorniou (born 13 February 1958 in
Centre
.
Codorniou played for
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
- ^ Didier Codorniou player profile ESPN Scrum.com
- ^ 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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