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Nicolas Mas Nicolas Mas, June 2009 Date of birth May 25, 1980 Place of birth Perpignan, France Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) Rugby union career Playing career Position Prop Professional / senior clubs Years Club / team Caps (points) 1999– Perpignan correct as of June 7, 2007. National team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 2003– France 33 (0) correct as of 03:03, 27 February 2010 (UTC). Nicolas Mas (born May 25, 1980 in Perpignan, France) is a Catalan/French rugby union footballer, who currently plays for the USA Perpignan club in the Top 14 French premiership. His usual position is at prop. He also plays for the French national team.
Perpignan made it to the final of the 2002-03 Heineken Cup, but went down to fellow French club Stade Toulousain. Mas made his international debut in a match against the All Blacks on June 28, 2003. He did not play at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia later that year. Perpignan made it to the final of the Top 14 premiership in 2004, but were defeated by Stade Français, 38 to 20.
He did not play for France in 2004, being an unused bench replacement in tests against Australia and Argentina in November. The following year he played four times for France during the 2005 Six Nations Championship.
Mas was named to the France squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup as a replacement for the injured Sylvain Marconnet.
External links
- Official website
- Nicolas Mas on lequipe.fr
- Nicolas Mas on sporting-heroes.net
- Nicolas Mas on sporting-heroes.net
- Nicolas Mas on ercrugby.com
France squad – 2011 Rugby World Cup Runners-up Forwards Barcella · Bonnaire · Ducalcon · Dusautoir (c) · Guirado · Harinordoquy · Lakafia · Mas · Millo-Chluski · Nallet (vc) · Ouedraogo · Papé · Picamoles · Pierre · Poux · Servat · SzarzewskiBacks Coach France squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup Fourth Place Forwards Backs Coach USA Perpignan squad Forwards Álvarez Kairelis • Bourrust • Britz • Chouly • Freshwater • Geli • Guirado • Guiry • Le Corvec • Mas • Olibeau • Perez • Pulu • Schuster • Taofifenua • Tchale-Watchou • Tincu • Toniţa • Tuilagi • Vilaceca • VivaldaBacks Battle • Boulogne • Bosch • Candelon • Cazenave • Coetzee • Durand • Edmonds • Grandclaude • Hume • Laharrague • Marty • Mélé • Mermoz • Michel • Planté • Porical • SidCoach BrunelCategories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Perpignan
- French rugby union players
- Rugby union props
- USA Perpignan players
- France international rugby union players
- French people of Spanish descent
- French people of Catalan descent
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