Tim Kasten (born 27 January 1983) is a German

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player, playing for the

Heidelberger RK The Heidelberger Ruderklub (Heidelberger RK or HRK for short) is a German rowing club and rugby union club from Heidelberg, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga. The club is one of only two professional rugby clubs in Germany, the other bein ...

in the

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and the

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. He made his debut for Germany in a game against Sweden in 2004. Kasten was born in

Hannover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German States of Germany, state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germa ...

, and has played rugby since 1986,Tim Kasten profile at totalrugby.de
accessed: 2 March 2010 first for the

SV 08 Ricklingen The SV 08 Ricklingen is a German rugby union club from the Ricklingen suburb of Hanover. The team plays in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga, the second tier of German rugby. After having formed an on-the-field union with DSV 78 Hannover from 2003 to 2009 ...

and later, after the club was unable to field a youth team, for the

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. In 2003–04 he spent a season with

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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 2010 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

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and 2009 Hannover Sevens and the 2009 London Sevens. He was also part of the German Sevens side at the

World Games 2005 The 2005 World Games (german: Weltspiele 2005), the seventh World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Duisburg, Germany from 14 July 2005 until 24 July 2005. Three other cities, namely Bottrop, Mülheim an der Ruhr, and Oberha ...

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, where Germany finished 8th. Tim Kasten is considered to be one of the best German rugby players, his father Ralf having played for Germany, too. In 2011, Kasten extended his contract with HRK for another three seasons. 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,

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, 2012 * German rugby union cup ** Winner: 2004, 2011 * German sevens championship ** Champions: 2003, 2005, 2008

National team

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Honours

Club

National team

Stats

Club

National team

European Nations Cup

Friendlies & other competitions

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