Germany national rugby union team
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| Union | Deutscher Rugby-Verband | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | German National Team | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach |  Rudolf Finsterer |
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| Captain | Colin Grzanna | |||||||||||||||||
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| First international | ||||||||||||||||||
France  30 - 5 .svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany_(2-3).svg.png){kind=small} Germany(17 April 1927) |
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| Largest win | ||||||||||||||||||
Serbia and Montenegro  0 - 108 Germany(12 November 2005) |
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| Worst defeat | ||||||||||||||||||
Russia  89 - 6 Germany(16 April 2000) |
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The Germany national rugby union team is a third-tier rugby union-playing nation of Germany. They first played in 1927 and have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup. Rugby union in Germany is administered by the Deutscher Rugby-Verband.
The German National Team regularly compete 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 ENC.
Germany's greatest achievement in men's rugby is arguably the silver medal won at the 1900 Olympic Games
[edit] Record of international matches
| Country | First Match | Overall | Won | Tie | Lost |
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| France |
1927 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
.svg/22px-Flag_of_Spain_(1785-1873_and_1875-1931).svg.png){kind=small} Spain |
1929 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Czechoslovakia |
1931 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Netherlands |
1933 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946).svg.png){kind=small} Italy |
1936 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
 Romania |
1936 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
1937 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall record until 1940 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 15 |
| Country | First Match | Overall | Won | Tie | Lost |
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| Belgium |
1952 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 |
 Italy |
1952 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
 Spain |
1952 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| France A/B |
1954 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Czechoslovakia |
1957 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Romania |
1958 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Netherlands |
1958 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 11 |
 Poland |
1958 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
 Yugoslavia |
1974 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
 Portugal |
1974 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Morocco |
1975 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
 Sweden |
1977 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
 USSR |
1977 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
 Switzerland |
1978 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
 Tunisia |
1981 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Denmark |
1985 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
 Western Samoa |
1989 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Bulgaria |
1990 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Namibia |
1990 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Russia |
1992 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Latvia |
1993 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Lithuania |
1993 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Czech Republic |
1994 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
.svg/22px-Flag_of_Georgia_(1990-2004).svg.png){kind=small} Georgia |
1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Andorra |
1997 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Luxembourg |
1998 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall record 1952–1999 | 195 | 81 | 7 | 107 |
| Selection | Years | Overall | Won | Tie | Lost |
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 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 |
[edit] See also
- (English) Rugby union in Germany
- (German) Rugby in Germany
[edit] External links
- (German) Deutscher Rugby-Verband - Official Site
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