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Germany

Union	Deutscher Rugby-Verband
Nickname(s)	German National Team
Coach(es)	Rudolf Finsterer  Bruno Stolorz
Captain(s)	Mustafa Güngör
Most caps	Horst Kemmling (50)
Team kit
First international
France  30 - 5  Germany (17 April 1927)
Largest win
Serbia and Montenegro  0 - 108  Germany (12 November 2005)
Worst defeat
Russia  89 - 6  Germany (16 April 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	none

Germany playing Belgium in Qualifiers for the 2007 Rugby World Cup

Germany is a third-tier Rugby Union playing nation. Germany currently plays at the second level of European rugby but has never managed to qualify for the Rugby World Cup. The national team first played in 1927, with Rugby Union in Germany being administered by the Deutscher Rugby-Verband.

The German national team regularly competes in the European Nations Cup, the senior men's rugby tournament for European nations below the Six Nations. Following victory in Division 2A of that tournament in 2007-8, Germany will compete in Division One, the top tier of the European Nations Cup. With the exception of some players who play in France, the German team is still largely an amateur side.^[1]

Germany's greatest achievement in men's rugby is arguably the silver medal won at the 1900 Olympic Games.

Germanys declared aim is to qualify for the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England.^[2]

History

German rugby crest

The German rugby union team's history begun on 17 April 1927, when it played France in Paris but lost 5-30. The team established itself in its early years as number two in continental Europe, behind the French. It played 14 tests against its neighbour before the Second World War, but won only two of those. However, as an indication of the team's strength, it did not lose to any team but France until 1937, when Italy beat them 9-7. Because Germany never played any of the Home nations, a rating of the team of that period on the world rugby scale is difficult.

With the outbreak of the war in 1939, rugby came to a halt and Germany only played one more game, against Italy, in 1940. Germany lost almost a complete first XV in the war, and thus came out of it as a much weaker side, never able to repeat its pre-war successes.^[3]

After an absence of 12 years, Germany, now considerably reduced in size and under the name of Federal Republic of Germany, played its first post-war international in 1952, beating Belgium 16-9. At the same time, in the Eastern part of the country, the German Democratic Republic, the German Democratic Republic national rugby union team was formed.

Until 1965, Germany played friendlies only as there was no European rugby competition it could take part in.

The team also made an appearance at England's home ground, Twickenham Stadium, in 1956, losing 8-26 to Harlequin F.C. on 8 September of that year.^[4]

From 1965, it became part of the second tier of FIRA rugby, effectively the third tier of European rugby, the Five nations tournament being outside the FIRA structure. In 1975, it played its first international against a non-European nation, beating Morocco in Hannover.

The team's greatest success in the second half of the 20th century was promotion to the A group of FIRA rugby in 1981. From 1981 to 1983, Germany played ten games at this level, but won just one and were relegated back to the B level. After this, the team dropped briefly to the C level in 1985 but promptly returned to the second tier. With the German reunion, in 1991, the German Democratic Republic national rugby union team was dissolved and became part of the Federal Republic's team. In 1994, Horst Kemmling, Germany's long-standing captain, ended his international career, having played a record number of 50 games for Germany from 1976 onwards.^[5]

With the reorganisation of the European Nations Cup in 2000, Germany became part of the second division. It remained at this level until 2008, when it achieved promotion to the top level, facing Europe's number 7 to 11 teams in 2009 and 2010. Its declared aim at this level is to avoid relegation; qualification for the 2011 Rugby World Cup is not really expected from the team.^[6] In March 2009, coach Mark Kuhlmann stepped down after three and a half years in office, while the other two coaches Rudolf Finsterer and Bruno Stolorz, remained in the job. Stolorz was seconded to the German team by the Fédération française de rugby to improve Germany's performance in the sport.^[7]

Germany was unbeaten at home from 12 November 2000, when it lost to Ukraine, until 8 November 2008, when it lost to a Welsh selection.^[8]

After five losses in the European Nations Cup in 2009, Germany achieved a win in a friendly against Hong Kong late in the year. Germany also managed a 15-12 victory over Switzerland but, as the German team had only one regular player in its side, captain Kehoma Brenner, the team was referred to as Germany A.^[9] Mustafa Güngör became Germany's new captain on 8 December 2009, after the retirement of the previous captain Jens Schmidt, and played his first game in this role four days later, against Hong Kong,^[10]. Germany fielded eight uncapped players in this game.^[11] A planned game against the British Forces in Germany in January 2010 had to be called off twice because of bad weather.

Despite disappointing results on the field and the distinct possibility of Germany being relegated, the sport made some progress in the country in 2009-10. With the admittance of sevens rugby to the Olympic Games, rugby in Germany is now eligible for federal grants. Additionally, the Bundeswehr, the German army, has agreed to admit eight to ten players per year to its sports program, making those players effectively professionals.^[12]

Recent games

List of matches

Germany kicked off their European Nations Cup 2010 campaign on 15 November 2008 in Madrid, losing to Spain 22-11.^[13] The team, so far, has lost all seven matches in the tournament and needs at least one win from the remaining three games to avoid relegation:

Rugby – German internationals from 2006

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Tournament	Report
1 April 2006	Brandenburg	Welsh Districts XV	36-16	Friendly
22 April 2006	Zagreb	Croatia	25-15	2007 Rugby World Cup - Europe qualification, Round 3
29 April 2006	Hannover	Belgium	33-15	2007 Rugby World Cup - Europe qualification, Round 3	[14]
13 May 2006	Heidelberg	Spain	18-6	2007 Rugby World Cup - Europe qualification, Play-Off	[15]
27 May 2006	Madrid	Spain	10-36	2007 Rugby World Cup - Europe qualification, Play-Off	[16]
16 September 2006	Bern	Switzerland	40-10	Friendly
4 November 2006	Frankfurt am Main	France XV	26-28	Friendly
11 November 2006	Chişinău	Moldova	24-26	2006-2008 European Nations Cup Second Division	[17] [18]
18 November 2006	Heidelberg	Belgium	32-13	2006-2008 European Nations Cup Second Division	[19] [20]
24 February 2007	Pontypridd	Welsh Districts XV	24-13	Friendly	[21]
21 April 2007	Kiev	Ukraine	22-14	2006-2008 European Nations Cup Second Division	[22] [23]
28 April 2007	Hannover	Netherlands	21-12	2006-2008 European Nations Cup Second Division	[24] [25]
29 September 2007	Frankfurt am Main	Switzerland	49-13	Friendly	[26]
10 November 2007	Brussels	Belgium	18-32	2006-2008 European Nations Cup Second Division	[27] [28] [29]
24 November 2007	Heidelberg	Moldova	34-5	2006-2008 European Nations Cup Second Division	[30] [31] [32]
19 April 2008	Hannover	Ukraine	13-5	2006-2008 European Nations Cup Second Division	[33] [34] [35]
26 April 2008	Amsterdam	Netherlands	27-17	2006-2008 European Nations Cup Second Division	[36] [37]
8 November 2008	Berlin	Welsh Districts XV	14-27	Friendly	[38] [39]
15 November 2008	Madrid	Spain	11-22	2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division also 2011 Rugby World Cup - Europe qualification	[40] [41] [42]
7 February 2009	Heidelberg	Georgia	5-38	2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division also 2011 Rugby World Cup - Europe qualification	[43] [44] [45]
14 February 2009	Heidelberg	Romania	0-22	2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division also 2011 Rugby World Cup - Europe qualification	[46] [47] [48]
21 February 2009	Lisbon	Portugal	6-44	2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division also 2011 Rugby World Cup - Europe qualification	[49] [50]
2 May 2009	Hannover	Russia	0-53	2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division also 2011 Rugby World Cup - Europe qualification	[51] [52] [53]
12 December 2009	Heidelberg	Hong Kong	24-14	Friendly	[54]
6 February 2010	Tbilisi	Georgia	3-77	2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division also 2011 Rugby World Cup - Europe qualification	[55] [56]
13 February 2010	Constanţa	Romania	5-67	2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division also 2011 Rugby World Cup - Europe qualification	[57] [58]
27 February 2010	Heusenstamm	Portugal	0-69	2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division also 2011 Rugby World Cup - Europe qualification	[59] [60]
12 March 2010	Sochi	Russia	11-48	2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division also 2011 Rugby World Cup - Europe qualification	[61] [62]
20 March 2010	Heidelberg	Spain		2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division also 2011 Rugby World Cup - Europe qualification

• Source:"Germany results". IRB website. http://www.irb.com/results/results.htmx?teamTypeID=6&teamAID=658&teamBID=0&eventTypeID=0&stageID=0&countryID=0&cityID=0&stadiumID=0&eventYear=0&startDate=&endDate=&searchType=2&season=0&gameTypeID=0. Retrieved 2008-12-27. 
• Source:"GERMANY INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RESULTS". rugbyinternational.net. http://www.rugbyinternational.net/. Retrieved 2008-12-29. 
• Source:"Statsguru / Team analysis / Germany / Test matches". scrum.com. http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/team/7.html?class=1;template=results;type=team;view=results. Retrieved 2010-02-26. 
• German wins in bold.
• Locations of German home games in bold.

Record of international matches

Germany 1927 to 1945

German test matches prior to 1945

Country	First Match	Overall	Won	Tie	Lost
France	1927	15	2	0	13
Spain	1929	2	2	0	0
Czechoslovakia	1931	2	2	0	0
Netherlands	1933	4	4	0	0
Italy	1936	6	4	0	2
Romania	1936	3	3	0	0
Belgium	1937	1	1	0	0
Overall record until 1940		33	18	0	15

Federal Republic of Germany

As of 13 March 2010:

1952 to 2010

Country	First Match	Overall	Won	Tie	Lost
Belgium	1952	24	18	1	5
Italy	1952	14	0	1	13
Spain	1952	16	6	1	9
France A/B	1954	28	0	1	27
Czechoslovakia	1957	12	3	1	8
Romania	1958	12	1	0	11
Netherlands	1958	33	20	1	12
Poland	1958	13	7	0	6
Yugoslavia	1974	6	5	1	0
Portugal	1974	8	3	0	5
Morocco	1975	10	3	0	7
Sweden	1977	8	5	0	3
Soviet Union	1977	5	1	0	4
Switzerland	1978	6	6	0	0
Tunisia	1981	4	2	0	2
Denmark	1985	9	8	0	1
Western Samoa	1989	1	0	0	1
Bulgaria	1990	1	1	0	0
Namibia	1990	2	0	0	2
Russia	1992	6	0	0	6
Latvia	1993	2	2	0	0
Lithuania	1993	1	1	0	0
Czech Republic	1994	5	4	0	1
Georgia	1995	3	0	0	3
Andorra	1997	1	1	0	0
Luxembourg	1998	2	2	0	0
Ukraine	2000	6	2	1	3
Croatia	2000	2	0	1	1
Moldova	2004	3	2	0	1
Austria	2005	1	1	0	0
Malta	2005	1	1	0	0
Serbia and Montenegro	2005	1	1	0	0
Hong Kong	2009	1	1	0	0
Overall record 1952–2010		240	107	9	128

Unofficial matches against British forces in Germany
1952 to 1999

Selection	Years	Overall	Won	Tie	Lost
British Army of the Rhine	1952-1983	33	12	4	17
Royal Air Force Germany	1955-1982	26	14	4	8
British Forces Germany	1995-1999	5	3	0	2
Overall Record 1952–1999		64	29	8	27

German Democratic Republic

Internationals

Country	First Played	Games	Won	Drew	Lost
Romania	1951	14	0	1	13
Czechoslovakia	1956	16	3	2	11
Netherlands	1958	1	1	0	0
Poland	1958	13	2	1	10
Sweden	1964	2	2	0	0
Denmark	1964	2	2	0	0
Bulgaria	1976	14	9	0	5
Soviet Union	1978	2	0	0	2
Yugoslavia	1978	1	0	0	1
Hungary	1990	1	1	0	0
Luxembourg	1990	1	1	0	0
Overall		67	21	4	42

Current players

The following players are currently part of the German team:^[63][64][65]

Backs Player Position Club Mustafa Güngör (c) Scrum-half RG Heidelberg Raphael Pyrasch Scrum-half DSV 78 Hannover Kieron Davies Fly-half Ampthill & District Fabian Heimpel Fly-half RG Heidelberg Thorsten Wiedemann Fly-half TSV Handschuhsheim Benjamin Simm Centre DSV 78 Hannover Edmoore Takaendesa Centre RG Heidelberg Clemens von Grumbkow Centre Cavalieri Prato Christopher Weselek Centre RG Heidelberg Ben Brierley Wing SC 1880 Frankfurt Guillaume Franke Wing RC Orléans Christopher Liebig Wing Heidelberger RK Steffen Liebig Wing Heidelberger RK Mark Sztyndera Wing SC 1880 Frankfurt Domenick Davies Fullback Bournemouth Raphael Hackl Fullback Berliner RC

Forwards Player Position Club Tim Coly Hooker RG Heidelberg Rob Elloway Hooker Cornish Pirates Jamie Houston Hooker SC 1880 Frankfurt Benjamin Krause Prop DSV 78 Hannover Lukas Rosenthal Prop RK 03 Berlin Marcus Trick Prop SC Neuenheim Damien Tussac Prop RC Toulon Alexander Widiker Prop RC Orléans Lukas Hinds-Johnson Lock RK 03 Berlin Michael Poppmeier Lock Villagers Daniel Preussner Lock SC 1880 Frankfurt Kehoma Brenner Flanker RG Heidelberg Shalva Didebashvili Flanker SC Neuenheim Alexander Hauck Flanker SC 1880 Frankfurt Alexander Hug Flanker TSV Handschuhsheim Alexander Metz Flanker TSV Handschuhsheim Alexander Pipa Flanker TSV Handschuhsheim Robert Mohr Number eight La Rochelle Rolf Wacha Number eight SC 1880 Frankfurt Manuel Wilhelm Number eight RG Heidelberg

Player statistics

Games 2006-08

The following players have been selected for Germany from 2006 to 2008 in the country's European Nation Cup First Division campaign and in friendlies:

Player	Caps [66]	2006		2007						2008
		Mol	Bel	W XV	Ukr	Ned	Swi	Bel	Mol	Ukr	Ned
Benjamin Krause	33			3	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Tim Coly	40	2	2		2	2				2	2
Alexander Widiker	39	1	1	1	3	3		1	3	3	3
Manuel Wilhelm	31	17	4		5	5			4	4	4
Jens Schmidt	38 [67]	5 (c)	5 (c)	7 (c)	8 (c)	7 (c)	5 (c)	4		18	5
Tim Kasten	23 [68]	6	8	6				6	6	6	6
Gerrit van Look	17 [69]	7	6	8	6	6		7	8	7	7
Bodo Sieber	21 [69]				4	4		8	5	5	8
Mustafa Güngör	31	9	9	14	9	9		9	9	9	9
Lars Eckert	22 [68]	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Matthieu Franke		15	15	15	15	15		15	15	14	11
Colin Grzanna	26	12	13	12	12	12	12	12 (c)	12 (c)	12 (c)	12 (c)
Kieron Davies	30	16	17							13	13
Christopher Weselek	27 [69]	14	14	11	11	11	14	13	14	22	14
Edmoore Takaendesa	10									15	15
Steve Williams	3 [68]								2	16	16
Benjamin Danso	13		16	4	16	16	4	18	18	19	17
Alexander Pipa							7			8	18
Rolf Wacha	8 [70]						6				19
Sebastien Chaule	15 [71]	11	11				15	21	21	20	20
Markus Walger	17						11	11	11	21	21
Marten Strauch	8 [69]			21	20	18	13	22	22		22
Clemens von Grumbkow	28	13	12	(1)	13	13		14	13	11
Kehoma Brenner	12 [72]	18	19				17	17	17	17
Steffen Thier		8	7			8			7
Christian Baracat	5 [70]			17			3	16	16
Timur Tekkal					7		8	19	19
Franck Moutsinga	10 [73]			9	21		9	20	20
Pierre Faber	22	3	3					2
Sascha Fischer	27			5				5
Klaus Mainzer		19		2	18		1
Krystian Trochowski				16			16
Christian Hug		4					18
Alexander Hug	7 [70]						19
Raphael Pyrasch	5 [70]						20
Thorsten Wiedemann	6 [70]						21
Dennis Walger	1 [70]						22
Benjamin Simm	15		18	13	14	14
Marcus Trick	19				17	17
Sebastian Werle				19	20	19
Friedrich Michau					22
Michael Kerr				18
Christopher Parnham				20

• ¹ Clemens von Grumbkow was injured prior to the match and Germany only went with 21 players into the game.

Games 2008-10

The following players have been selected for Germany from 2008 to 2010 in the country's European Nation Cup campaign and in friendlies:

Player	Caps [74]	2008		2009					2010
		W XV	Spa	Geo	Rom	Por	Rus	HK	Geo	Rom	Por	Rus	Spa
Benjamin Krause	33	1	1	19	16	16	16	1	2	17	16	1
Alexander Widiker	39	3	3	1	1	1	1		2	1	1	2
Tim Coly	40	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3
Manuel Wilhelm	31	5	19	18	18	8	4	4	4	4	4	4
Rolf Wacha	8 [70]	18		20		20		5	19		18	5
Kehoma Brenner	12 [72]	21		17	17	19	7	7		7		6
Jamie Houston	5							2	6	6	6	7
Alexander Hauck	5							19	8	8	8	8
Raphael Pyrasch	5 [70]	16							20	20	22	9
Mustafa Güngör	31	9	9	9	9	9	9	9 (c)	9 (c)	9 (c)	9 (c)	10 (c)
Benjamin Simm	15			13	13		11	14	11	11	21	11
Clemens von Grumbkow	28		11	11	11	11	13	12	13	13	13	12
Gilles Pagnon	1 [75]											13
Christopher Weselek	27 [69]										11	14
Raphael Hackl	5							22	15	15	20	15
Patrick Schliwa	2							17	16			16
Alexander Metz	3									18	17	17
Lukas Rosenthal	1								18			18
Lukas Hinds-Johnson	3								17	19		19
Mark Sztyndera	4							21	14	14	14	20
Steffen Liebig	1								21	21		21
Anjo Buckman	2							20				22
Edmoore Takaendesa	10	15	15	12	15	15			12	12	12
Kieron Davies	31	12	13	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	15
Alexander Pipa							17	8			19
Damien Tussac	3			16	17						3
Michael Poppmeier	3			8	7						5
Alexander Hug	7 [70]	22		7	20	7		6			7
Fabian Heimpel	1 [76]										10
Marcus Trick	19	20	17			17		16		16
Rob Elloway	2						18			2
Robert Mohr			8		8					5
Christopher Liebig	2					22				22
Daniel Preussner	2						22	18	5
Shalva Didebashvili	1								7
Guillaume Franke	1								22
Benjamin Brierley	5 [77]			14	14	14	14	11
Benjamin Ulrich	1							13
Domenick Davies	2						15	15
Pierre Faber	22			3	3	3	3
Bodo Sieber	21 [69]	7	4	5	5	5	5 (c)
Tim Kasten	23 [68]	6	6	6	6	6	6
Timur Tekkal							8
Colin Grzanna	26		12		12	13	10
Lars Eckert	22 [68]	17	20	21	21	12	19
Sebastien Chaule	15 [71]						20
Thorsten Wiedemann	6 [70]	10	10	15	22	21	21
Jens Schmidt	38 [67]	4 (c)	5 (c)	4 (c)	4 (c)	4 (c)
Benjamin Danso	13	19	18	18		18
Marten Strauch	8 [69]	13	21	22
Gerrit van Look	17 [69]	8	7
Matthieu Franke			14
Christian Baracat	5 [70]	3	16
Markus Walger	17 [68]		22
Juan Martin Goity	1	11
Udo Schwarz	1	14

• Bold numbers indicate player played in the game.
• Italics indicates did not play.
• denotes substituted off.
• denotes substituted on.
• (c) denotes captain.
• denotes sin bin.

Points

The following players have scored points for Germany in the European Nations Cup competitions since 2006:^{[78] [79]}

The following players have scored points for Germany in friendlies since 2007:

Germany captains

Silver medal team 1900

Germany, represented by SC 1880 Frankfurt, at the 1900 Summer Olympics

The following players were part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics:^[80]

• Albert Amrhein
• Hugo Betting
• Jacob Herrmann
• Willy Hofmeister
• Hermann Kreuzer
• Arnold Landvoigt
• Hans Latscha
• Erich Ludwig
• Richard Ludwig
• Fritz Müller
• Eduard Poppe
• Heinrich Reitz
• August Schmierer
• Adolf Stockhausen
• Georg Wenderoth

Rugby positions: German terms

In German, the English language terms for rugby positions are not commonly used. The German equivalents are:

See also

• Rugby union in Germany
• Germany national rugby union team (sevens)
• List of Germany national rugby union team results 2000–2009

References

External links

• (German) Deutscher Rugby-Verband - Official Site
• (German) TotalRugby.de German rugby website with news and results
• Germany at RugbyData.com Statistics and results

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