Tim Kasten

Tim Kasten  (born 27 January 1983 in Hannover) 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.

He plays rugby since 1986, 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. 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  and the 2009 London Sevens. He was also part of the German Sevens side at the World Games 2005 in Duisburg, 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.

Honours

Club 
 German rugby union championship
 Champions: 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012

 German rugby union cup
 Winner: 2004, 2011

 German sevens championship
 Champions: 2003, 2005, 2008

National team 
 European Nations Cup - Division 2
 Champions: 2008

Stats 
Tim Kasten 's personal statistics in club and international rugby:

Club 

 As of 11 May 2012

National team

European Nations Cup

Friendlies & other competitions 

 As of 27 April 2013

References

External links 
 Tim Kasten at scrum.com
  Tim Kasten at totalrugby.de
  Tim Kasten at the Hannover Sevens website
  Tim Kasten at the DRV website

Lair 1983
Wong urip
Wong urip umua 30
German pemain rugby union
Pemain internasional Jerman rugby
DSV 78 pemain Hannover
RG pemain Heidelberg
Heidelberger RK pemain
Flankers Rugby union
Ekspatriat Jerman di Inggris