Full name | Paul Costes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (2003-04-04)4 April 2003 (age 21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Toulouse, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Costes (born 4 April 2003) is a French professionalrugby union player who plays as acentre forTop 14 clubToulouse.[1]
Paul Costes was born inToulouse. He is the son ofArnaud Costes, a former French international rugby union player. He started rugby as a child at the TUC, then joinedColomiers as a junior, before going toStade Toulousain a few years later, as a second-year cadet.[2]
Costes made his professional debut on 29 October 2022, during the ninth day of the2022–23 Top 14 season againstBayonne, when he replacedArthur Bonneval in the 60th minute of play.[3] The following week, he scored the first try of his career allowing his team to obtain a 16–16 draw againstStade Français.[4]