René Duffort

René Duffort (born 20 April 1923) is a French former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer and coach who represented France national rugby league team and coached them in multiple Rugby League World Cups.

René Duffort

Personal information
Born	(1923-04-20)20 April 1923 Soustons, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Playing information
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1941–46 Côte Basque
Rugby league
Position	Scrum-half
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ??–?? RC Roanne XIII ??–1951 Lyon Villeurbanne XIII 1951–53 Celtic de Paris 1953–?? Lyon Villeurbanne XIII Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1947–54 France 22 1 0 0 3
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% Lyon Villeurbanne XIII Celtic de Paris 1959–62 RC Roanne XIII Total 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 1954–60 France 7 2 1 4 29
Source: As of 17 January 2021

Career

Duffort started to play rugby union for Côte Basque during World War II. At the end of the war, he returned to rugby league, which was forbidden by the Vichy regime between 1941 and 1944 and joins RC Roanne XIII with which he wins two championships in 1947 and 1948 and later, Lyon Villeurbanne XIII, with which he became champion in 1951. Between 1951 and 1953, he joins Celtic de Paris to then return to Lyon in 1953. He earned 22 caps for France and represented France during the 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand.