Tim Kasten
Cithakan:Infobox rugby biography
Tim Kasten (born 27 January 1983 in Hannover)[1] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Heidelberger RK in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He made his debuet for Germany in a game against Sweden in 2004.[2]
He plays rugby since 1986,[3] first for the SV 08 Ricklingen and later, after the club was unable to field a youth team, for the SC Germania List. In 2003-04 he spend a season with DSV 78 Hannover 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.[4][5] 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 2008 and 2009 Hannover Sevens [6] and the 2009 London Sevens.[4] He was also part of the German Sevens side at the World Games 2005 in Duisburg,[7] where Germany finished 8th.[8]
Tim Kasten is considered to be one of the best German rugby players, his father Ralf having played for Germany, too.[9]
In 2011, Kasten extended his contract with HRK for another three seasons.[10] In January 2013 he announced his retirement from the German national team, having played 34 times for the German XV.[11]
Honours
[sunting | besut sumber]Club
[sunting | besut sumber]- German rugby union cup
- Winner: 2004, 2011
- German sevens championship
- Champions: 2003, 2005, 2008
National team
[sunting | besut sumber]- European Nations Cup - Division 2
- Champions: 2008
Stats
[sunting | besut sumber]Tim Kasten 's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[3]
Club
[sunting | besut sumber]| Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
| 2007-08 | RG Heidelberg | Rugby-Bundesliga | 11 | 2nd — Runners-up | ||||
| 2008-09 | Southend RFC | National Division Two | ||||||
| 2009-10 | Heidelberger RK | Rugby-Bundesliga | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd — Champions |
| 2010-11 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st — Champions | ||
| 2011-12 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st — Champions |
- As of 11 May 2012
National team
[sunting | besut sumber]European Nations Cup
[sunting | besut sumber]| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
| 2006-2008 | Germany | European Nations Cup Second Division | 6 | 5 | Champions |
| 2008-2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 5 | 0 | 6th — Relegated |
| 2010–2012 | Germany | European Nations Cup Division 1B | 9 | 30 | 4th |
| 2012–2014 | Germany | European Nations Cup Division 1B | 1 | 0 | ongoing |
Friendlies & other competitions
[sunting | besut sumber]| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
| 2007 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
- As of 27 April 2013
References
[sunting | besut sumber]- ↑ Tim Kasten profile at scrum.com accessed: 2 March 2010
- ↑ Tim Kasten Cithakan:De icon DRV website, accessed: 30 April 2012
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Tim Kasten profile at totalrugby.de Cithakan:De icon accessed: 2 March 2010
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Germany ready to take on world's best IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010
- ↑ Porträt: Tim Kasten Cithakan:De icon DRV website, accessed: 7 April 2012
- ↑ Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens Cithakan:De icon Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010
- ↑ Tim Kasten at the Worldgames 2005 website, accessed: 2 March 2010
- ↑ Rugby: Fiji assure gold medal in final seconds World Games website, accessed: 27 January 2009
- ↑ TotalRugby Wechselbörse Cithakan:De icon totalrugby.de, accessed: 7 March 2010
- ↑ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 Cithakan:De icon totalrugby.de, accessed: 26 August 2011
- ↑ Auch Tim Kasten tritt aus Rugby-Nationalteams zurück Cithakan:De icon totalrugby.de, published: 11 January 2013, accessed: 27 April 2013
External links
[sunting | besut sumber]- Tim Kasten at scrum.com
- Cithakan:De icon Tim Kasten at totalrugby.de
- Cithakan:De icon Tim Kasten at the Hannover Sevens website
- Cithakan:De icon Tim Kasten at the DRV website
Cithakan:Germany Squad 2006-2008 ENC Second Division Cithakan:Germany Squad 2008-2010 ENC First Division Cithakan:Germany Squad 2010-2012 ENC First Division