{{Short description|France international rugby union player (born 1958)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Didier Codorniou | image = Didier Codorniou.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_place = Narbonne, France | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.70}} | weight = {{convert|68|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | position = Centre | repteam1 = France | repyears1 = 1979-1986 | repcaps1 = 31 | reppoints1 = 20 | ru_ntupdate = | amatyears1 = 1975-1986 | amatyears2 = 1986-1989 | amatyears3 = 1989-1991 | amatyears4 = 1991-1994 | amatteam1 = RC Narbonne | amatteam2 = Stade Toulousain | amatteam3 = FC villefranchois | amatteam4 = RC Narbonne | ru_amupdate = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|2|13|df=yes}} }}
'''Didier Codorniou''' (born 13 February 1958 in Narbonne)<ref>[http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/8998.html Didier Codorniou player profile] ESPN Scrum.com</ref> is a former French rugby union player and a French politician. He played as a Centre.
Codorniou played for RC Narbonne and Stade Toulousain. He earned his first national cap on 7 July 1979 against the 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."{{sfn|Ella|Smith|1987|p=61}}
== 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
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* {{cite book |last1=Ella |first1=Mark |last2=Smith |first2=Terry |title=Path to Victory: Wallaby Power in the 1980s |publisher=ABC Enterprises |year=1987 |isbn=0-642-52766-0 }}
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