Claude Dourthe
Claude Dourthe (born 20 November 1948, in Magescq) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a centre.
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Dourthe played for US Dax, where he was runners-up of the French Championship, in 1965/66, and twice winner of the Challenge Yves du Manoir, in 1969 and 1971, being a finalist too in 1968.
He had 33 caps for France, from 1966 to 1975, scoring 10 tries and 1 drop goal, 40 points on aggregate. He had his debut at the 9-3 win over Romania, at 27 December 1966, in Bucharest, aged only 18 years old, for the 1966–67 FIRA Nations Cup. He participated in three Five Nations Championship competitions, being a winner in 1967, and also playing in 1972 and 1975. He had 13 caps for the competition, scoring 4 tries, 14 points on aggregate. His last game was at the 10-9 win over Scotland, at 15 February 1975, in Paris, for the 1975 Five Nations Championship, where he was the captain and scored his final try for the national team.[1]