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Damien Tussac Full name Damien Tussac Date of birth January 2, 1988 Place of birth Avignon Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Weight 128 kg (20 st 2 lb) Nickname "Tutu" or "Motard" Rugby union career Playing career Position Prop Amateur clubs Years Club / team 2004 - 2006
2006 - 2007
2007 - 2008
La Valette-du-Var
Stade Toulousain
Albi (academy)Professional / senior clubs Years Club / team Caps (points) 2008 - RC Toulonnais1 (0) correct as of 6 March 2010. National team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 2009 - 
Germany5 (0) correct as of 21 November 2010. Damien Tussac (born 2 January 1988)[1] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the RC Toulonnais 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.
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 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 new contract with Toulon until 2013 in 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]
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Stats
Damien Tussac's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[9]
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 2010–11 1 0 0 0 0 8th 2011–12 - As of 25 August 2011
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 1 0 ongoing - As of 21 November 2010
References
- ^ a b 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 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
Germany squad – 2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division Forwards Backs Coach Finsterer · Stolorz · KuhlmannGermany squad – 2010-2012 European Nations Cup First Division Forwards Backs Buckman · Davies · G. Franke · M. Franke · Güngör · Heimpel · Himmer · Jordaan · Keinhorst · Liebig · Menzel · Pagnon · Pyrasch · Simm · Strauch · Von GrumbkowCoach SchippeRC Toulonnais squad Forwards Auelua • Basteres • Bruni • Bruno • Chesney • Chiocci • Delarue • El-Abd • Emmanuelli • Fernández Lobbe • Genevois • Gunther •Hayman • Ivaldi • Kubriashvili • Merabet • Missoup • Orioli • Samson • Senekal • Schofield • Smith • Sourice • Suta • van Niekerk • Taumoepeau • TussacBacks Coach Categories:- 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
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