Claude Mantoulan

Claude Mantoulan

Personal information
Born	(1936-03-05)5 March 1936 Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Died	9 September 1983(1983-09-09) (aged 47) Perpignan, France
Playing information
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	72 kg (11 st 5 lb)
Rugby union
Position	Fly-half
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 19??–59 Section Paloise Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1959 France 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Position	positions, stand-off
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1960–67 Roanne 1967–70 XIII Catalan Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1959–70 France 40 49
Source: 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

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

Club

• Section Paloise
  • Runner-up at the Challenge Yves du Manoir (1959)

France national team

• International (1 capt) against Ireland (18) before the 1959 Five Nations Championship won by France.

Rugby league career

Club

• Roanne XIII
• XIII Catalan

Palmarès

• 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

• International (46 caps) between 1959 and 1970 (his debut was against Australia (1959)).
• Took part at the 1960 Rugby League World Cup

External links

• Claude Mantoulan international rugby union statistics at ESPN Scrum
• Claude Mantoulan at rugbyleagueproject.com