List of Germany national rugby union players

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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.

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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

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
NumberNamePositionDate first cap obtainedOpposition
1 Albert Amrhein no. 81900-10-14v France XV at Paris
2 Hugo Betting fly-half1900-10-14v France XV at Paris
3 Jacob Herrmann centre1900-10-14v France XV at Paris
4 Willy Hofmeister lock1900-10-14v France XV at Paris
5 Hermann Kreuzer fullback1900-10-14v France XV at Paris
6 Arnold Landvoigt wing1900-10-14v France XV at Paris
7 Hans Latscha prop1900-10-14v France XV at Paris
8 Erich Ludwig wing1900-10-14v France XV at Paris
9 Richard Ludwig flanker1900-10-14v France XV at Paris
10 Fritz Müller prop1900-10-14v France XV at Paris
11 Eduard Poppe flanker1900-10-14v France XV at Paris
12 Heinrich Reitz centre1900-10-14v France XV at Paris
13 August Schmierer scrum-half1900-10-14v France XV at Paris
14 Adolf Stockhausen hooker1900-10-14v France XV at Paris
15 Georg Wenderoth lock1900-10-14v France XV at Paris

Official: From 1927 onwards

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
NumberNamePositionDate first cap obtainedOpposition
Erwin Thiesies 1934
Horst Kemmling 1976
Mark Kuhlmann
Friedrich Michau
Sebastien Chaule wing2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Tim Coly hooker2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Lars Eckert fly-half2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Pierre Faber prop2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Matthieu Franke fullback2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Colin Grzanna centre2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Mustafa Güngör scrum-half2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Christian Hug lock2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Tim Kasten flanker2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Jens Schmidt lock2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Steffen Thier no. 82006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Gerrit van Look flanker2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Clemens von Grumbkow centre2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Christopher Weselek wing2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Alexander Widiker prop2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Kehoma Brenner (replacement)2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau [2]
Kieron Davies (replacement)2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Manuel Wilhelm (replacement)2006-11-11v Moldova at Chisinau
Benjamin Danso (replacement)2006-11-18v Belgium at Heidelberg
Benjamin Simm (replacement)2006-11-18v Belgium at Heidelberg
Benjamin Krause 2007-02-24v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Franck Moutsinga 2007-02-24v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Sascha Fischer 2007-02-24v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Klaus Mainzer 2007-02-24v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Krystian Trochowski 2007-02-24v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Sebastian Werle 2007-02-24v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Michael Kerr 2007-02-24v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Christopher Parnham 2007-02-24v Wales Development XV at Pontypridd
Bodo Sieber lock2007-04-21v Ukraine at Kiev
Timur Tekkal flanker2007-04-21v Ukraine at Kiev
Marten Strauch (replacement)2007-04-21v Ukraine at Kiev
Marcus Trick (replacement)2007-04-21v Ukraine at Kiev
Thorsten Wiedemann 2007-09-29v Switzerland at Frankfurt [3]
Alexander Hug 2007-09-29v Switzerland at Frankfurt [3]
Dennis Walger 2007-09-29v Switzerland at Frankfurt [3]
Raphael Pyrasch 2007-09-29v Switzerland at Frankfurt [3]
Christian Baracat 2007-09-29v Switzerland at Frankfurt [3]
Rolf Wacha 2007-09-29v Switzerland at Frankfurt [3]
Markus Walger wing2007-11-10v Belgium at Brussels
Steve Williams prop2007-11-24v Moldova at Heidelberg [4]
Alexander Pipa no. 82008-04-19v Ukraine at Hanover
Edmoore Takaendesa fullback2008-04-19v Ukraine at Hanover
Juan Martin Goity wing2008-11-08v Wales Development XV at Berlin [5]
Udo Schwarz wing2008-11-08v Wales Development XV at Berlin [5]
Robert Mohr no. 82008-11-15v Spain at Madrid
Benjamin Brierley wing2009-02-07v Georgia at Heidelberg [6]
Michael Poppmeier no. 82009-02-07v Georgia at Heidelberg
Damien Tussac (replacement)2009-02-07v Georgia at Heidelberg
Christopher Liebig (replacement)2009-02-21v Portugal at Lisbon
Domenick Davies fullback2009-05-02v Russia at Hanover
Rob Elloway (replacement)2009-05-02v Russia at Hanover
Jamie Houston hooker2009-12-12v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Benjamin Ulrich centre2009-12-12v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Anjo Buckman (replacement)2009-12-12v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Raphael Hackl (replacement)2009-12-12v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Alexander Hauck (replacement)2009-12-12v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Daniel Preussner (replacement)2009-12-12v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Patrick Schliwa (replacement)2009-12-12v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Mark Sztyndera (replacement)2009-12-12v Hong Kong at Heidelberg [7]
Shalva Didebashvili flanker2010-02-06v Georgia at Tbilisi
Guillaume Franke fly-half2010-02-06v Georgia at Tbilisi
Lukas Hinds-Johnson lock2010-02-06v Georgia at Tbilisi
Steffen Liebig fullback2010-02-06v Georgia at Tbilisi
Lukas Rosenthal no. 82010-02-06v Georgia at Tbilisi
Alexander Metz flanker2010-02-13v Romania at Constanta [8]
Fabian Heimpel fly-half2010-02-27v Portugal at Heusenstamm [9]
Gilles Pagnon centre2010-03-13v Russia at Sochi [10]
James Keinhorst wing2010-11-20v Poland at Frankfurt
Arthur Zeiler prop2010-11-20v Poland at Frankfurt
Tim Menzel (replacement)2010-11-20v Poland at Frankfurt
Sven Wetzel (replacement)2010-11-20v Poland at Frankfurt
Sam Henderson flanker2010-11-27v Netherlands at Amsterdam
Nico Kanning (replacement)2010-11-27v Netherlands at Amsterdam
Bastian Himmer wing2010-12-11v Hong Kong at Heidelberg
Jannis Läpple (replacement)2010-12-11v Hong Kong at Heidelberg
Daniel Armitage lock2011-03-12v Czech Republic at Heidelberg
Pieter Jordaan centre2011-03-19v Belgium at Brussels
Gilles Valette hooker2011-04-02v Moldova at Chişinău
Felix Bayer prop2011-04-02v Moldova at Chişinău

Notes

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References

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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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