Romain Teulet is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player, currently playing for the Top 14 team Castres Olympique

Castres Olympique

Castres Olympique is a French rugby union club located in the Midi-Pyrénées city of Castres and currently competing in the top level of the French league system.Founded in 1898, the club took its current name in 1906...

.

Nicknamed Robocop for his unusual preparation and high success rate for penalty kicks, and le petit lutin

Lutin

A lutin is a type of hobgoblin in French folklore and fairy tales. Female lutins are called lutines.A lutin plays a similar role in the folklore of Normandy to house-spirits in England, Germany and Scandinavia...

(the gnome) for his small size, he left his hometown club US Bergerac where he had been playing since the age of 11 for Castres Olympique

Castres Olympique

Castres Olympique is a French rugby union club located in the Midi-Pyrénées city of Castres and currently competing in the top level of the French league system.Founded in 1898, the club took its current name in 1906...

 in 2001. He quickly established himself as a top-class kicker, even scoring 35 placed kicks in a row during the 2004–05 season

2004-05 Top 16 season

-Final:Stade Français Paris: 1.Rodrigo Roncero, 2.Mathieu Blin, 3.Pieter de Villiers, 4.David Auradou, 5.Mike James, 6.Pierre Rabadan, 7.Rémy Martin, 8.Shaun Sowerby, 9.Agustín Pichot, 10.David Skrela, 11.Christophe Dominici, 12...

, a record that stood until March 2009, when Brock James

Brock James

Brock James is an Australian rugby union player currently playing for French club ASM Clermont Auvergne....

 failed only on his 42nd attempt. He also was the top point scorer in the 2009–10 Top 14 season

2009–10 Top 14 season

Stade de France was listed as an alternate home for Stade Français because the club hosted five of their 13 home matches this season at the national stadium. Similarly, Stadium Municipal was listed as an alternate home for Toulouse, who normally play two Top 14 matches a year at that facility...

 with 263 points. On August 28, 2010, he reached the 2000-point mark in the French championship in a game against Bayonne

Aviron Bayonnais

Aviron Bayonnais is a French rugby union club from Bayonne in Pyrénées-Atlantiques that currently competes in the top level of the French league system, in the Top 14 competition...

, scoring 20 points in the 25–16 win.

Honours

• Castres Olympique
  Castres Olympique
  Castres Olympique is a French rugby union club located in the Midi-Pyrénées city of Castres and currently competing in the top level of the French league system.Founded in 1898, the club took its current name in 1906...
  
  
  • European Shield
    European Shield
    The European Shield was a reprechage tournament for teams knocked out in the first round of the European Challenge Cup in 2002-03 and 2003-04. The name "European Shield" had previously been used for the now renamed European Challenge Cup....
    
     (2003)
  • Challenge Yves du Manoir
    Challenge Yves du Manoir
    The Challenge Yves du Manoir was a rugby union club competition that was played in France between 1931 and 2003 under different names. It is named after former player Yves du Manoir.-History:...
    
    (2004)