Philippe Dintrans (born 29 January 1957, in

Tarbes Tarbes (; Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as ''Turba'' ...

) is a former French rugby union player and a current entrepreneur. He played as a hooker. He played all his career at

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, starting at 1967, aged 10 years old, and joining the first team in 1975/76, aged 18 years old, when he had his debut for the French Championship. He would play at Tarbes until 1991/92, for 17 seasons, with his best result being runners-up to the 1987/88 season, lost to

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. He had 50 caps for

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, from 1979 to 1990, scoring 3 tries, 12 points on aggregate. He played in seven

Five Nations Championship The Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international men's rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The current champions ar ...

editions, in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1989, winning it in 1981, with a Grand Slam, and in 1989. He played 24 games at the competition, scoring 1 try, 4 points on aggregate. He was called for the

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, playing in a single game, where he was the captain and remaining scoreless.Philippe Dintrans International Statistics
/ref> He was a Physical Education teacher for seven years and also has been involved in the gastronomical and automobile businesses.

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* 1957 births Living people Sportspeople from Tarbes French rugby union players France international rugby union players Rugby union hookers Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby players {{france-rugbyunion-bio-stub