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 Nicolas Mas, June 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1980-05-25)25 May 1980 (age 45) Perpignan, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicolas Mas (born 25 May 1980) is a retired Frenchrugby union footballer, who last played forMontpellier Hérault Rugby in theTop 14. His usual position was atprop. He also played for theFrance national team. His nickname isle bus (the bus).[2]
Perpignan made it to the final of the2002-03 Heineken Cup, but went down to fellow French clubStade Toulousain. Mas made his international debut in a match against theAll Blacks on 28 June 2003. He did not play at the2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia later that year. Perpignan made it to the final of theTop 14 in 2004, but were defeated byStade Français, 38 to 20. In the summer of 2013, Mas moved to ambitious fellow Top 14 clubMontpellier Hérault Rugby.
Mas made his debut for the France in 2003. He did not play for France in 2004, being an unused bench replacement in tests againstAustralia andArgentina in November. The following year he played four times for France during the2005 Six Nations Championship.
Mas was named to the France squad for the2007 Rugby World Cup as a replacement for the injuredSylvain Marconnet. He also competed at the2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.