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| Birth name | Nicolas Durand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1982-10-04) 4 October 1982 (age 42) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Toulouse, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (12 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicolas Durand (born 4 October 1982 in Toulouse, France) is a French rugby union footballer who plays scrum-half for USAP in France's Top 14 competition. His first professional club was Toulouse whom he played for in 2002. From 2002 until 2004 he played for Béziers. Upon their relegation to Pro D2 after the 2003–04 season, he moved to Perpignan, where he played for six seasons before arriving in Paris for the 2010–11 season.
Durand has played age grade level representative rugby for France's Under 18, Under 19, and Under 21 teams. He has also played twice for France. In May 2007 he was selected for France's Test squad to play the All Blacks in New Zealand, and made his Test début against the All Blacks on 2 June 2007.
References
- "FrenchRugbyClub Racing-Métro 92 squad". FrenchRugbyClub.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
External links
- "Durand Nicolas" (in French). itsrugby.fr. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
- "Nicolas DURAND" (in French). usap.fr. Archived from the original on 13 May 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
- "Nicolas Durand face au questionnaire de Proust" (in French). usap.fr. Archived from the original on 17 February 2006. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
- Gray, Wynne (31 May 2007). "French rest Ibanez against All Blacks". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
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