Nicolas Mas

Nicolas Mas

Nicolas Mas, June 2009
Date of birth	(1980-05-25) May 25, 1980
Place of birth	Perpignan, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Prop
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1999– 2013 2013 -	Perpignan Montpellier Hérault Rugby
correct as of June 7, 2007.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2003–	France	67	(0)
correct as of 7 December 2011.

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

Club Career

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 28 June 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 in 2004, but were defeated by Stade Français, 38 to 20. In the summer of 2013, Mas moved to ambitious fellow Top 14 club Montpellier Hérault Rugby

International Career

Mas made his debut for the France in 2003. 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. He also competed at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

References

External links

• Official website
• Nicolas Mas on lequipe.fr
• Nicolas Mas on sporting-heroes.net
• Nicolas Mas on sporting-heroes.net
• Nicolas Mas on ercrugby.com