Thierry Marcial Kounga Kuaté (born 15 June 1994) is a Cameroonian rugby union player who most recently played for the Sharks in the Currie Cup. His regular position is prop. In 2013 and 2014, he played club rugby and provincial rugby in South Africa, where he was generally known as David Kuate. He was then contracted to the Waratahs in Australia, where he was nicknamed Darche, Darcheville or Dashville after French Guianan footballer Jean-Claude Darcheville, before signing with French club Carcassonne for 2016 and 2017.