Markus Walger (born 24 August 1979)[1] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the RK Heusenstamm in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.
| Birth name | Markus Walger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 August 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Offenbach, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Electrician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walger's last game for Germany, his 17th international, was against Spain on 15 November 2008. He is the brother of Dennis Walger, also a German international.[2]
Walger was born in Offenbach am Main, and has played rugby since he was six years old.[3]
Walger has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2008 Hannover Sevens,[4] the 2006 London Sevens[5] and the World Games 2005 in Duisburg,[6] where Germany finished 8th.[7]
Honours edit
Club edit
- German sevens championship
- Champions: 2006
National team edit
- European Nations Cup - Division 2
- Champions: 2008
Stats edit
Markus Walger's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[3]
Club edit
| Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
| 2008-09 | RK Heusenstamm | Rugby-Bundesliga | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7th |
| 2009-10 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th | ||
| 2010-11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9th | ||
| 2011-12 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10th |
- As of 29 April 2012
National team edit
European Nations Cup edit
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
| 2006-2008 | Germany | European Nations Cup Second Division | 3 | 0 | Champions |
| 2008-2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 1 | 0 | 6th — Relegated |
Friendlies & other competitions edit
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
| 2007 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 15 |
- As of 6 March 2010
References edit
- ^ Markus Walger profile at scrum.com accessed: 6 March 2010
- ^ TotalRugby Vorschau 1. Bundesliga - 1. Spieltag 2009/2010 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 19 March 2010
- ^ a b Markus Walger profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 6 March 2010
- ^ Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens[permanent dead link] (in German) Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010
- ^ Markus Walger at the Hannover Sevens website (in German) accessed: 6 March 2010
- ^ Markus Walger at the Worldgames 2005 website, accessed: 6 March 2010
- ^ Rugby: Fiji assure gold medal in final seconds Archived 2009-01-16 at the Wayback Machine World Games website, accessed: 27 January 2009
External links edit
- Markus Walger at scrum.com
- (in German) Markus Walger at totalrugby.de
- Markus Walger (in German) at the Hannover Sevens website