Damien Tussac (born 2 January 1988)
accessed: 6 March 2010 is a

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

player for

Castres Olympique Castres Olympique (, ) is a French rugby union club located in the Occitanian city of Castres and is currently competing in the Top 14, the top level of the French league system. Founded in 1898, the club took its current name in 1906. They pla ...

in the

Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the National Rugby League (France), France National Rugby League, also ...

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 Stade Toulousain () (), also referred to as Toulouse, is a professional rugby union club based in Toulouse, France. They compete in the Top 14, France's top division of rugby, and the European Rugby Champions Cup. Toulouse is the most successfu ...

and

SC Albi Sporting Club Albigeois is a professional French rugby union club playing the third-level Nationale. During the past years it went back and forth between Top 14, the highest level of the French league system and the second-level Rugby Pro D2. ...

before joining RC Toulonnais in 2008. In the 2009–10 season, he has made appearances for the club in league and

European Challenge Cup The EPCR Challenge Cup is an annual rugby union competition organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the second-tier competition for clubs based in European leagues behind the European Rugby Champions Cup. From its inception ...

matches, but is still part of the club's under-21 team. He signed a contract with Toulon in effect to December 2009. Tussac made his debut for the senior team of RC Toulonnais in 2010–11 in a 43–12 win on 23 April 2011 against

USA Perpignan Union Sportive Arlequins Perpignanais, also referred to as USA Perpignan or Perpignan, is a French professional rugby union club founded in 1933 and based in Perpignan, in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. They compete in the Top 14, France' ...

. He also appeared once in the

Heineken Cup The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Investec Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the top-tier competition for clubs who compete in a pre ...

, against the same team and in the same month, but then in an away defeat. For the 2012–13 season he joint

Leeds Carnegie Leeds Carnegie was a brand name used by several sports teams associated with the Carnegie School of Physical Education, now part of Leeds Beckett University Leeds Beckett University (LBU), formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University (LM ...

, playing in the

RFU Championship The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising twelve clubs. It is the second level of men's English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when Eng ...

.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

* ''Updated 23 July 2012''

National team

* ''Updated 28 April 2013''

References

External links

at scrum.com *
Damien Tussac
at totalrugby.de *
Damien Tussac
at the RC Toulon website

at itsrugby.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Tussac, Damien 1988 births Living people French rugby union players German rugby union players Germany international rugby union players French people of German descent RC Toulon players Rugby union props Sportspeople from Avignon Rugby union players from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Stade Toulousain players SC Albi players Leeds Tykes players Castres Olympique players French expatriate rugby union players in England Expatriate rugby union players in Germany French expatriate rugby union players US Montauban players 21st-century French sportsmen