Damien Tussac (born 2 January 1988)Damien Tussac profile at scrum.com accessed: 6 March 2010 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.
Tussac made his debut for Germany against Georgia on 7 February 2009.6NB: crucial competition gets going rugbyrugby.com, accessed: 6 March 2010
He played junior rugby for La Valette-du-Var, Stade Toulousain and SC Albi before joining RC Toulonnais in 2008.Parcours de Damien TUSSAC RC Toulon website, accessed: 6 March 2010 In the 2009–10 season, he has made appearances for the club in league and European Challenge Cup matches,Tussac Damien itsrugby.co.uk, accessed: 6 March 2010DAMIEN TUSSAC lequipe.fr, accessed: 6 March 2010 but is still part of the club's under-21 team.RC Toulon under-21 squad RC Toulon website, accessed: 6 March 2010
He signed a contract with Toulon in effect to December 2009.Les jeunes toulonnais prolongent leur contrat ! RC Toulon website, published: 14 December 2010, accessed: 15 December 2010
Tussac made his debut for the senior team of RC Toulonnais in the 2010–11 season 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.Damien Tussac at itsrugby.fr, accessed: 26 August 2011
For the 2012–13 season he joined Leeds Carnegie, playing in the RFU Championship.Damien Tussac Leeds Carnegie website, accessed: 23 July 2012
Stats Damien Tussac's personal statistics in club and international rugby:Damien Tussac profile at totalrugby.de accessed: 6 March 2010
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 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 Updated 28 April 2013
References
External links Damien Tussac at scrum.com Damien Tussac at totalrugby.de Damien Tussac at the RC Toulon website Damien Tussac at itsrugby.fr