Nicolas Durand

{{short description|French rugby union footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Nicolas Durand

| image = Jubilé Chabal-Nallet - 20150604 - Nicolas Durand.jpg

| caption =

| birth_name = Nicolas Durand

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|10|4}}

| birth_place = Toulouse, France

| height = {{height|m=1.73}}

| weight = {{convert|78|kg|stlb}}{{cite web|url = http://frenchrugbyclub.com/Players/Racing-Metro-Players.html|title = FrenchRugbyClub Racing-Métro 92 squad|accessdate = 8 April 2011|publisher = FrenchRugbyClub.com|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110816185133/http://frenchrugbyclub.com/Players/Racing-Metro-Players.html|archivedate = 16 August 2011|df = dmy-all}}

| ru_currentteam = Lyon OU

| ru_currentposition = Scrum-half

| position = Scrum-half

| amatyears1 =

| amatteam1 =

| ru_amateurupdate =

| years1 = 2002

| years2 = 2002-2004

| years3 = 2004–2010

| years4 = 2010-2012

| years5 = 2012-2013

| years6 = 2013-2014

| years7 = 2015-17

| clubs1 = Toulousain

| clubs2 = Béziers

| clubs3 = Perpignan

| clubs4 = Racing Métro

| clubs5 = Toulonnais

| clubs6 = Perpignan

| clubs7 = Lyon OU

| apps1 =

| apps2 = 24

| apps3 = 176

| apps4 = 40

| apps5 = 19

| apps6 = 25

| apps7 = 35

| points1 =

| points2 = 14

| points3 = 152

| points4 = 10

| points5 = 0

| points6 = 0

| points7 = 5

| ru_clubupdate = 14 December 2019

| repyears1 = 2005

| repyears2 = 2007

| repteam1 = France A

| repteam2 = France

| repcaps1 = 2

| repcaps2 = 2

| reppoints1 = 0

| reppoints2 = 0

| ru_ntupdate = 9 June 2007

}}

Nicolas Durand (born 4 October 1982 in Toulouse, France) is a French rugby union footballer who plays scrum-half for USAP in France's Top 14 competition. His first professional club was Toulouse whom he played for in 2002. From 2002 until 2004 he played for Béziers. Upon their relegation to Pro D2 after the 2003–04 season, he moved to Perpignan, where he played for six seasons before arriving in Paris for the 2010–11 season.

Durand has played age grade level representative rugby for France's Under 18, Under 19, and Under 21 teams. He has also played twice for France. In May 2007 he was selected for France's Test squad to play the All Blacks in New Zealand, and made his Test début against the All Blacks on 2 June 2007.