Jean Trillo

{{Short description|French rugby union player (born 1944)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|10|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Condom, Gers, France

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| height = 5 ft 10 in

| weight = 167 lb

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| position = Centre

| repyears1 = 1967–73

| repteam1 = {{nrut|France}}

| repcaps1 = 28

| reppoints1 = 19

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Jean Trillo (born 27 October 1944) is a French former rugby union international.{{cite news |title=Jean Trillo : « Surprenant dans le paysage » |url=https://www.sudouest.fr/sport/rugby/bordeaux-begles/jean-trillo-surprenant-dans-le-paysage-9271203.php |work=Sud Ouest |date=16 February 2012 |language=fr-FR}}

Born in Condom, Trillo was a centre who was regarded as a tough defender and spent his career with CA Bègles, which he joined from hometown club SA Condom in 1964.{{cite news |title=Jean Trillo : le rugby en équation |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2012/03/08/1300575-jean-trillo-le-rugby-en-equation.html |work=La Dépêche |date=8 March 2012 |language=fr}} He was on the CA Bègles team which won the 1968–69 Brennus Shield, scoring their only try in the 11–9 final win over Toulouse, after intercepting a pass meant for Jean-Louis Bérot.{{cite news |title=50 ans du titre de champion de Bègles : "Je lui ai piqué le ballon sous le nez !" se souvient Jean Trillo |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/sports/rugby/50-ans-du-titre-de-champion-de-begles-je-lui-ai-pique-le-ballon-sous-le-nez-se-souvient-jean-trillo-1557772364 |work=France Bleu |date=13 May 2019 |language=fr}}

Trillo, capped 28 times by France, made his debut on the 1967 tour of South Africa. He played twice in France's grand slam-winning 1968 Five Nations campaign.{{cite web |title=Those who also manned the barricades during the 1968 Five Nations |url=https://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/features/304627/those-who-also-manned-the-barricades-during-the-1968-five-nations/ |website=The Rugby Paper |date=21 January 2018}} His career included tours of Australia and New Zealand.

In 1991, Trillo was on the French coaching team for the Rugby World Cup.{{cite news |title=Le grand honneur de Jean Trillo |url=https://www.sudouest.fr/politique/education/le-grand-honneur-de-jean-trillo-8563760.php |work=Sud Ouest |date=1 June 2013 |language=fr-FR}}

Trillo's sons François and Philippe also competed in French rugby, the former becoming a noted sports journalist.{{cite web |title=Décès de Philippe Trillo |url=https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/deces-de-philippe-trillo_sto2730181/story.shtml |website=Rugbyrama |language=fr |date=31 March 2011}}

In 2013, Trillo received the Legion of Honour award.{{cite news |title=Jean Trillo décoré |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Jean-trillo-decore/381335 |work=L'Équipe |date=25 June 2013 |language=fr}}