Tim Kasten (born 27 January 1983)Tim Kasten profile at scrum.com accessed: 2 March 2010 is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Heidelberger RK in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He made his debut for Germany in a game against Sweden in 2004.Tim Kasten DRV website, accessed: 30 April 2012
Kasten was born in Hannover, and has played rugby since 1986,Tim Kasten profile at totalrugby.de accessed: 2 March 2010 first for the SV 08 Ricklingen and later, after the club was unable to field a youth team, for the SC Germania List. In 2003–04 he spent a season with DSV 78 Hannover but left the club when it faced financial trouble, to join RG Heidelberg, where he won two German championships with the club, before moving to England, where he played for the Southend RFC.Germany ready to take on world's best IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010Porträt: Tim Kasten DRV website, accessed: 7 April 2012 In 2009–10, he returned to Germany, after suffering from injuries in England, and now plays for Heidelberger RK.
Kasten has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2008 and 2009 Hannover SevensGermany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010 and the 2009 London Sevens. He was also part of the German Sevens side at the World Games 2005 in Duisburg,Tim Kasten at the Worldgames 2005 website, accessed: 2 March 2010 where Germany finished 8th.Rugby: Fiji assure gold medal in final seconds World Games website, accessed: 27 January 2009
Tim Kasten is considered to be one of the best German rugby players, his father Ralf having played for Germany, too.TotalRugby Wechselbörse totalrugby.de, accessed: 7 March 2010
In 2011, Kasten extended his contract with HRK for another three seasons.TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 totalrugby.de, accessed: 26 August 2011 In January 2013 he announced his retirement from the German national team, having played 34 times for the German XV.Auch Tim Kasten tritt aus Rugby-Nationalteams zurück totalrugby.de, published: 11 January 2013, accessed: 27 April 2013
Honours
Club German rugby union championship Champions: 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012 German rugby union cup Winner: 2004, 2011 German sevens championship Champions: 2003, 2005, 2008
National team European Nations Cup - Division 2 Champions: 2008
Stats Tim Kasten 's personal statistics in club and international rugby:
Club Year Club Division Games Tries Con Pen DG Place 2007-08 RG Heidelberg Rugby-Bundesliga 11 2nd — Runners-up 2008-09 Southend RFC National Division Two 2009-10 Heidelberger RK Rugby-Bundesliga 7 6 0 0 0 3rd — Champions 2010-11 15 12 0 0 0 1st — Champions 2011-12 16 21 0 0 0 1st — Champions As of 11 May 2012
National team
European Nations Cup Year Team Competition Games Points Place 2006-2008 Germany European Nations Cup Second Division 6 5 Champions 2008-2010 Germany European Nations Cup First Division 5 0 6th — Relegated 2010–2012 Germany European Nations Cup Division 1B 9 30 4th 2012–2014 Germany European Nations Cup Division 1B 1 0 ongoing
Friendlies & other competitions Year Team Competition Games Points 2007 Germany Friendly 1 0 2008 1 0 2010 1 0 As of 27 April 2013
References
External links Tim Kasten at scrum.com Tim Kasten at totalrugby.de Tim Kasten at the Hannover Sevens website Tim Kasten at the DRV website