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Tim Kasten (born 27 January 1983)〔(Tim Kasten profile at scrum.com ) accessed: 2 March 2010〕 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.〔(Tim Kasten ) ''DRV'' website, accessed: 30 April 2012〕 Kasten was born in Hannover, and has played rugby since 1986,〔(Tim Kasten profile at totalrugby.de ) accessed: 2 March 2010〕 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.〔(Germany ready to take on world's best ) IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010〕〔(Porträt: Tim Kasten ) ''DRV'' website, accessed: 7 April 2012〕 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 〔(Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens ) Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010〕 and the 2009 London Sevens.〔 He was also part of the German Sevens side at the World Games 2005 in Duisburg,〔(Tim Kasten ) at the Worldgames 2005 website, accessed: 2 March 2010〕 where Germany finished 8th.〔(Rugby: Fiji assure gold medal in final seconds ) World Games website, accessed: 27 January 2009〕 Tim Kasten is considered to be one of the best German rugby players, his father Ralf having played for Germany, too.〔(TotalRugby Wechselbörse ) totalrugby.de, accessed: 7 March 2010〕 In 2011, Kasten extended his contract with HRK for another three seasons.〔(TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 ) totalrugby.de, accessed: 26 August 2011〕 In January 2013 he announced his retirement from the German national team, having played 34 times for the German XV.〔(Auch Tim Kasten tritt aus Rugby-Nationalteams zurück ) totalrugby.de, published: 11 January 2013, accessed: 27 April 2013〕 ==Honours== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tim Kasten」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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