Damien Tussac
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Damien Tussac (born 2 January 1988)[1] is a rugby union player for Castres Olympique in the Top 14 and the German national rugby union team. He is a French citizen but qualifies to play for Germany because of a German grandmother.
| Birth name | Damien Tussac | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 January 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Avignon, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 128 kg (20 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tussac made his debut for Germany against Georgia on 7 February 2009.[1][2]
He played junior rugby for La Valette-du-Var, Stade Toulousain and SC Albi before joining RC Toulonnais in 2008.[3] In the 2009–10 season, he has made appearances for the club in league and European Challenge Cup matches,[4][5] but is still part of the club's under-21 team.[6]
He signed a contract with Toulon in effect to December 2009.[7]
Tussac made his debut for the senior team of RC Toulonnais in 2010–11 in a 43–12 win on 23 April 2011 against USA Perpignan. He also appeared once in the Heineken Cup, against the same team and in the same month, but then in an away defeat.[8]
For the 2012–13 season he joint Leeds Carnegie, playing in the RFU Championship.[9]
Stats
Damien Tussac's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[10]
Club
| Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | RC Toulonnais | Espoirs | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | Top 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2nd | |
| 2010–11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th | ||
| 2011–12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd | ||
| 2012–13 | Leeds Carnegie | RFU Championship |
- Updated 23 July 2012
National team
- Updated 28 April 2013
References
External links
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