Damien Tussac

Who is Damien Tussac?

Damien Tussac is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Leeds Carnegie in the RFU Championship 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 SC 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.

For the 2012–13 season he joint Leeds Carnegie, playing in the RFU Championship.