Damien Tussac
Full name | Damien Tussac | ||
---|---|---|---|
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) | ||
Rugby union career | |||
Playing career | |||
Position | Prop | ||
Amateur clubs | |||
Years | Club / team | ||
Professional / senior clubs | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008-2012 2012-2014 2014- |
La Valette-du-Var Toulouse SC Albi Toulon Leeds Carnegie US Montauban |
9 30 |
(0) (0) |
National team(s) | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2009- | Germany | 8 | (5) |
Damien Tussac (born 2 January 1988)[1] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the US Montauban in the Rugby Pro D2 and the German national rugby union team. He is a French citizen but qualifies to play for Germany because of a German grandmother.
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 clubs under-21 team.[6]
He signed a contract with Toulon in effect to December 2009.[7]
Tussac made his debuet 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 |
- As of 23 July 2012
National team
Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
2008–2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 4 | 0 | 6th – Relegated |
2010–2012 | Germany | European Nations Cup Division 1B | 7 | 0 | 4th |
2012–2014 | Germany | European Nations Cup Division 1B | 1 | 0 | ongoing |
- As of 28 April 2013
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Damien Tussac profile at scrum.com accessed: 6 March 2010
- ↑ 6NB: crucial competition gets going rugbyrugby.com, accessed: 6 March 2010
- ↑ Parcours de Damien TUSSAC (French) RC Toulon website, accessed: 6 March 2010
- ↑ Tussac Damien itsrugby.co.uk, accessed: 6 March 2010
- ↑ DAMIEN TUSSAC (French) lequipe.fr, accessed: 6 March 2010
- ↑ RC Toulon under-21 squad (French) RC Toulon website, accessed: 6 March 2010
- ↑ Les jeunes toulonnais prolongent leur contrat ! (French) RC Toulon website, published: 14 December 2010, accessed: 15 December 2010
- ↑ Damien Tussac (French) at itsrugby.fr, accessed: 26 August 2011
- ↑ Damien Tussac Leeds Carnegie website, accessed: 23 July 2012
- ↑ Damien Tussac profile at totalrugby.de (German) accessed: 6 March 2010
External links
- Damien Tussac at scrum.com
- (German) Damien Tussac at totalrugby.de
- (French) Damien Tussac at the RC Toulon website
- Damien Tussac (French) at itsrugby.fr
- Articles with French-language external links
- Articles with German-language external links
- Use dmy dates from August 2013
- 1988 births
- Living people
- French rugby union players
- German rugby union players
- Germany international rugby union players
- Germany international rugby union players from France
- RC Toulonnais players
- Rugby union props
- People from Avignon