List of Germany national rugby union players

List of Germany national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Germany national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.

Note that the "position" column lists the position at which the player made his Test debut, not necessarily the position for which he is best known. A position in parentheses indicates that the player debuted as a substitute.

Unofficial: Pre-1927 edit

At the 1900 Summer Olympics, Germany was represented by SC 1880 Frankfurt, with the following players being called up:[1]

Germany's International Rugby Capped Players
Number Name Position Date first cap obtained Opposition
1 Albert Amrhein no. 8 1900-10-14 v France XV at Paris
2 Hugo Betting fly-half 1900-10-14 v France XV at Paris
3 Jacob Herrmann centre 1900-10-14 v France XV at Paris
4 Willy Hofmeister lock 1900-10-14 v France XV at Paris
5 Hermann Kreuzer fullback 1900-10-14 v France XV at Paris
6 Arnold Landvoigt wing 1900-10-14 v France XV at Paris
7 Hans Latscha prop 1900-10-14 v France XV at Paris
8 Erich Ludwig wing 1900-10-14 v France XV at Paris
9 Richard Ludwig flanker 1900-10-14 v France XV at Paris
10 Fritz Müller prop 1900-10-14 v France XV at Paris
11 Eduard Poppe flanker 1900-10-14 v France XV at Paris
12 Heinrich Reitz centre 1900-10-14 v France XV at Paris
13 August Schmierer scrum-half 1900-10-14 v France XV at Paris
14 Adolf Stockhausen hooker 1900-10-14 v France XV at Paris
15 Georg Wenderoth lock 1900-10-14 v France XV at Paris

Official: From 1927 onwards edit

The official German rugby union team's international history begun on 17 April 1927, when it played France in Paris and lost 5-30. The following players were called up for Germany since:[1]

Germany's International Rugby Capped Players
Number Name Position Date first cap obtained Opposition
Erwin Thiesies 1934
Horst Kemmling 1976
Mark Kuhlmann
Friedrich Michau
Sebastien Chaule wing 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Tim Coly hooker 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Lars Eckert fly-half 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Pierre Faber prop 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Matthieu Franke fullback 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Colin Grzanna centre 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Mustafa Güngör scrum-half 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Christian Hug lock 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Tim Kasten flanker 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Jens Schmidt lock 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Steffen Thier no. 8 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Gerrit van Look flanker 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Clemens von Grumbkow centre 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Christopher Weselek wing 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Alexander Widiker prop 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Kehoma Brenner (replacement) 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau [2]
Kieron Davies (replacement) 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Manuel Wilhelm (replacement) 2006-11-11 v Moldova at Chisinau
Benjamin Danso (replacement) 2006-11-18 v Belgium at Heidelberg
Benjamin Simm (replacement) 2006-11-18 v Belgium at Heidelberg
Benjamin Krause 2007-02-24 v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Franck Moutsinga 2007-02-24 v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Sascha Fischer 2007-02-24 v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Klaus Mainzer 2007-02-24 v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Krystian Trochowski 2007-02-24 v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Sebastian Werle 2007-02-24 v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Michael Kerr 2007-02-24 v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Christopher Parnham 2007-02-24 v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Bodo Sieber lock 2007-04-21 v Ukraine at Kiev
Timur Tekkal flanker 2007-04-21 v Ukraine at Kiev
Marten Strauch (replacement) 2007-04-21 v Ukraine at Kiev
Marcus Trick (replacement) 2007-04-21 v Ukraine at Kiev
Thorsten Wiedemann 2007-09-29 v Switzerland at Frankfurt [3]
Alexander Hug 2007-09-29 v Switzerland at Frankfurt [3]
Dennis Walger 2007-09-29 v Switzerland at Frankfurt [3]
Raphael Pyrasch 2007-09-29 v Switzerland at Frankfurt [3]
Christian Baracat 2007-09-29 v Switzerland at Frankfurt [3]
Rolf Wacha 2007-09-29 v Switzerland at Frankfurt [3]
Markus Walger wing 2007-11-10 v Belgium at Brussels
Steve Williams prop 2007-11-24 v Moldova at Heidelberg [4]
Alexander Pipa no. 8 2008-04-19 v Ukraine at Hanover
Edmoore Takaendesa fullback 2008-04-19 v Ukraine at Hanover
Juan Martin Goity wing 2008-11-08 v Wales Development XV at Berlin [5]
Udo Schwarz wing 2008-11-08 v Wales Development XV at Berlin [5]
Robert Mohr no. 8 2008-11-15 v Spain at Madrid
Benjamin Brierley wing 2009-02-07 v Georgia at Heidelberg [6]
Michael Poppmeier no. 8 2009-02-07 v Georgia at Heidelberg
Damien Tussac (replacement) 2009-02-07 v Georgia at Heidelberg
Christopher Liebig (replacement) 2009-02-21 v Portugal at Lisbon
Domenick Davies fullback 2009-05-02 v Russia at Hanover
Rob Elloway (replacement) 2009-05-02 v Russia at Hanover
Jamie Houston hooker 2009-12-12 v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Benjamin Ulrich centre 2009-12-12 v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Anjo Buckman (replacement) 2009-12-12 v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Raphael Hackl (replacement) 2009-12-12 v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Alexander Hauck (replacement) 2009-12-12 v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Daniel Preussner (replacement) 2009-12-12 v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Patrick Schliwa (replacement) 2009-12-12 v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Mark Sztyndera (replacement) 2009-12-12 v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Shalva Didebashvili flanker 2010-02-06 v Georgia at Tbilisi
Guillaume Franke fly-half 2010-02-06 v Georgia at Tbilisi
Lukas Hinds-Johnson lock 2010-02-06 v Georgia at Tbilisi
Steffen Liebig fullback 2010-02-06 v Georgia at Tbilisi
Lukas Rosenthal no. 8 2010-02-06 v Georgia at Tbilisi
Alexander Metz flanker 2010-02-13 v Romania at Constanta [8]
Fabian Heimpel fly-half 2010-02-27 v Portugal at Heusenstamm [9]
Gilles Pagnon centre 2010-03-13 v Russia at Sochi [10]
James Keinhorst wing 2010-11-20 v Poland at Frankfurt
Arthur Zeiler prop 2010-11-20 v Poland at Frankfurt
Tim Menzel (replacement) 2010-11-20 v Poland at Frankfurt
Sven Wetzel (replacement) 2010-11-20 v Poland at Frankfurt
Sam Henderson flanker 2010-11-27 v Netherlands at Amsterdam
Nico Kanning (replacement) 2010-11-27 v Netherlands at Amsterdam
Bastian Himmer wing 2010-12-11 v Hong Kong at Heidelberg
Jannis Läpple (replacement) 2010-12-11 v Hong Kong at Heidelberg
Daniel Armitage lock 2011-03-12 v Czech Republic at Heidelberg
Pieter Jordaan centre 2011-03-19 v Belgium at Brussels
Gilles Valette hooker 2011-04-02 v Moldova at Chişinău
Felix Bayer prop 2011-04-02 v Moldova at Chişinău

Notes edit

  • ^[1] Scrum.com, the main source for this list, lists Germany games from the Moldova game in November 2006 onwards and ignores all debuts made before that date. Players not individually referenced may have had their debuts before November 2006.

References edit

  1. ^ Die Gründerjahre des deutschen Rugbysports Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine (in German) DRV website - Foundation years, accessed: 25 February 2010
  2. ^ Moldova - Germany (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 11 November 2006, accessed: 27 February 2010
  3. ^ a b c d e f Dennis Walger, Thorsten Wiedemann, Raphael Pyrasch, Rolf Wacha, Christian Baracat and Alexander Hug all made their debut in Germany's game against Switzerland on 29 September 2007.
  4. ^ Germany - Moldavia (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 24 November 2007, accessed: 26 February 2010
  5. ^ a b Deutsche Aufstellung für Spiel gegen Wales Amateure[permanent dead link] (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 8 November 2008, accessed: 25 February 2010
  6. ^ Germany - Georgia (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 7 February 2009, accessed: 27 February 2010
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Deutschland besiegt Hongkong mit 24:14 (16:0)[permanent dead link] (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 12 December 2009, accessed: 25 February 2010
  8. ^ Rumänien gegen Deutschland in Constanza[permanent dead link] (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 11 February 2010, accessed: 25 February 2010
  9. ^ Kader für EM-Spiel gegen Portugal nominiert[permanent dead link] (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 19 February 2010, accessed: 25 February 2010
  10. ^ EM-Division 1: DRV-Kader für Spiel in Russland[permanent dead link] (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 4 March 2010, accessed: 14 March 2010

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