Personal information | |||
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Born |
Castres, France |
20 May 1982 ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 86 kg (13 st 8 lb) | ||
Club information | |||
Playing position | Fullback / Centre | ||
Current club | Sharks | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
2000–2016 | Toulouse | 337 | (338) |
2017 | Sharks | 0 | (0) |
Representative team(s)‡ | |||
2001–2012 | France | 47 | (35) |
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 31 October 2016. |
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 31 October 2016.
† Appearances (Points).
Clément Poitrenaud (born 20 May 1982 in Castres, Tarn) is a French rugby union footballer. His usual position is at fullback but he also plays at centre. He plays for South African side the Sharks in Super Rugby, having represented Toulouse in the French Top 14 club competition between 2000 and 2016, and France between 2001 and 2012, including at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia and the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France.
He played his first Heineken Cup match during the 2000–01 tournament, against Welsh side, the Cardiff Blues. He scored his first Heineken Cup try coming off the bench in a match against the Saracens, and did the same in the subsequent match against the Cardiff Blues. Toulouse won the Top 14 in 2001, defeating ASM Clermont Auvergne 34 to 22 in the final at Stade de France.
Poitrenaud made his debut for France during 2001, and was part of the French side which defeated the Springboks 20 to 10 in Paris. He earned a further two international caps for France that year, playing in the subsequent victories over Australia in Marseille and Fiji in Saint-Étienne. Toulouse made it to the final of the 2002-03 Heineken Cup, and defeated USA Perpignan to win the cup. Toulouse were also finalists of the domesttic competition, but were defeated by Stade Français.