Damien Tussac
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Damien Tussac 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.
He played junior rugby for La Valette-du-Var
, Stade Toulousain
and Albi before joining RC Toulonnais in 2008. In the 2009-10 season, he has made appearances for the club in league and European Challenge Cup
matches, but is still part of the clubs under-21 team.
He signed a new contract with Toulon until 2013 in December 2009.
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.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
international rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player, playing for the RC Toulonnais
RC Toulonnais
RC Toulonnais is a French professional rugby union club based in Toulon in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...
in the Top 14 and the German national rugby union team. He is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
citizen but qualifies to play for Germany because of a German grandmother.
Tussac made his debut for Germany against Georgia on 7 February 2009.
He played junior rugby for La Valette-du-Var
La Valette-du-Var
La Valette-du-Var is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.- Celebrity connection :...
, Stade Toulousain
Stade Toulousain
Stade Toulousain, also referred to as Toulouse, is a French rugby union club from Toulouse in Midi-Pyrénées. Toulouse is one of the finest rugby clubs in Europe, having won the Heineken Cup four times – in 1996, 2003, 2005 and 2010. They were also runners-up in 2004 and 2008 against London Wasps...
and Albi before joining RC Toulonnais in 2008. In the 2009-10 season, he has made appearances for the club in league and European Challenge Cup
European Challenge Cup
The European Challenge Cup, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Amlin Challenge Cup, is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup. The cup was known as the Parker Pen Shield from 2001 to 2003 and Parker Pen Challenge Cup from 2003 to 2005. The European...
matches, but is still part of the clubs under-21 team.
He signed a new contract with Toulon until 2013 in December 2009.
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
USA Perpignan
Union Sportive des Arlequins Perpignanais or Unió eSportiva Arlequins de Perpinyà , generally abbreviated as USAP in both languages, is a French rugby union club that plays in the city of Perpignan in Pyrénées-Orientales. The club currently competes in the Top 14, the top level of the French...
. He also appeared once in the Heineken Cup
Heineken Cup
The Heineken Cup is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from the six International Rugby Board countries in Europe whose national teams compete in the Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland,...
, against the same team and in the same month, but then in an away defeat.
Club
| Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
| 2008-09 | RC Toulonnais RC Toulonnais RC Toulonnais is a French professional rugby union club based in Toulon in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur... |
Espoirs | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009-10 | Top 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 2010–11 Top 14 season The 2010–11 Top 14 competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby . Home-and-away play began on August 13, 2010 and continued through April 2011. The regular season was followed by a three-round playoff starting in May that involved the top... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th | ||
| 2011–12 2011–12 Top 14 season So far this season, two coaching changes have been made:* Toulon was forced to find a replacement for Philippe Saint-André once he was named to become the new head coach of the France national team, effective 1 December... |
- As of 25 August 2011
National team
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
| 2008-2010 2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division The 2008–10 European Nations Cup First Division was the 7th edition of the championship since it was reformed in 2000. The championship not only determined the champions of the ENC but it also acted as an element of European qualification for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.At present,... |
Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 4 | 0 | 6th — Relegated |
| 2010–2012 | Germany Germany at the 2010–12 European Nations Cup Germany at the 2010–12 European Nations Cup sees a return of the German national rugby union team to the ENC Second Division, having been relegated without a win from the First Division in 2008–10... |
European Nations Cup Division 1B | 1 | 0 | ongoing |
- As of 21 November 2010
External links
- Damien Tussac at scrum.com Damien Tussac at totalrugby.de Damien Tussac at the RC Toulon website
- Damien Tussac at itsrugby.fr