Nicolas Mas

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Nicolas Mas
Personal information
Date of birth May 25, 1980 (1980-05-25) (age 28)
Place of birth Perpignan, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Prop
Clubs Caps (points)
1999- Perpignan
National team(s) Caps (points)
2003- France 15 (0)

Nicolas Mas (born May 25, 1980 in Perpignan, France) is a French rugby union footballer, who currently plays for the USA Perpignan club in the Top 14 French premiership. His usual position is at prop. He also plays for the French national team.

Perpignan made it to the final of the 2002-03 Heineken Cup, but went down to fellow French club Stade Toulousain. Mas made his international debut in a match against the All Blacks on June 28, 2003. He did not play at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia later that year. Perpignan made it to the final of the Top 14 premiership in 2004, but were defeated by Stade Français, 38 to 20.

He did not play for France in 2004, being an unused bench replacement in tests against Australia and Argentina in November. The following year he played four times for France during the 2005 Six Nations Championship.

Mas was named to the France squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup as a replacement for the injured Sylvain Marconnet.

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