Germany at the 2006–08 European Nations Cup

Germany
2006–08 season
Head coach Rudolf Finsterer
Mark Kuhlmann
Bruno Stolorz
Chairman Claus-Peter Bach
ENC Second Division Champions
Top try scorer Güngör (6)
Top points scorer Franke (96)
Highest home attendance 8,213
← 2004–06 2008-10 →

Germany at the 2006–08 European Nations Cup was the first time since 1981 that the German national rugby union team reached highest level of FIRA rugby, the European Nations Cup, by winning its group, the Division 2A in 2006–08.[1]

Germany played eight competition games and three friendlies in its campaign. It won six of its eight competitive games, including all four home games, and all three friendlies. It played Switzerland twice, to contest the newly-created Alpencup, which remained with Germany on both occasions.[2]

With over 8,000 spectators, Germany's home game against the Netherlands in Hanover, at the Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion, achieved the best crowd figures for a rugby match in Germany since the pre-Second World War days.[3]

Germany went into its campaign unbeaten at home, having last lost on 12 November 2000, to the Ukraine. It maintained this record, which was only broken early in its next campaign, on 8 November 2008, when it lost to a Welsh XV.[4]

Contents

Background

The division Germany was playing in, Division 2A, consisted of five teams, of which Ukraine had been relegated to from the First Division in the previous edition of the European Nations Cup.

The winner, Germany, earned promotion to the First Division, while the last placed team, the Netherlands, were relegated to Division 2B.

Management and coaching

At the beginning of Germany's ENC campaign, it was coached by a duo, made up of Rudolf Finsterer and Mark Kuhlmann, under the supervision of Peter Ianusevici, Germany's Director of Rugby.

In early 2008, the two were joined by Frenchman Bruno Stolorz.[5] Stolorz was seconded to the German team by the Fédération française de rugby to improve Germany's performance in the sport and is also a coach with French club team RC Orléans, where he fulfills the position of a Conseiller sportif auprès.[6][7]

Debuts and retirements

A number of German players made their final appearances for their country during the 2006-08 campaign, among them were regulars like Steffen Thier, Sascha Fischer and Klaus Mainzer.

The former were replaced by a number of debutants, among them the Zimbabwean Edmoore Takaendesa and the Australian Steve Williams.

Table

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  Germany 8 6 0 2 191 124 +67 20
2  Belgium 8 6 0 2 214 147 +67 20
3  Moldova 8 5 0 3 163 157 +6 18
4  Ukraine 8 3 0 5 117 128 -11 14
5  Netherlands 8 0 0 8 97 226 -129 8

Games

ENC matches

2006-11-11
12:00		 Moldova  26 – 24 Germany  Chişinău
Attendance: 500
Referee: Bernard dal Maso (France)
Try: (4) 3', 21', 30', 68'
Pen: (2) 11', 80'
 (Line up)
(Report)		 Try: Güngör 40'+, Franke 63'
Con: Franke 40'+
Pen: Franke (4) 23', 28', 40', 78'
2006-11-18
15:00		 Germany  32 – 13 Belgium  Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Stefano Mancini (Italy)
Try: Güngör 28', Chaule 46', ???
Con: Franke 28'
Pen: Franke (5) 2', 6', 15', 24', 67'
 (Line up)
(Report)		 Try: (1)
Con: (1)
Pen: (2)
2007-04-21
15:00		 Ukraine  14 – 22 Germany  Kiev
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tomas Tuma (Czech Republic)
Try: (2) 6', 36'
Con: (2) 6', 36'
 (Line up)
(Report)		 Try: Güngör 40'+
Con: Franke 40'+
Pen: Franke (5) 2', 30', 38', 49', 80'
2007-04-28
15:00		 Germany  21 – 12 Netherlands  Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion, Hanover
Attendance: 8,213
Try: Güngör 5', Steffen Thier
Con: Franke 5'
Pen: Franke (3) 49', 65', 70'
 (Line up)
(Report)		 Try: (2)
Con: (1)
2007-11-10
 Belgium  32 – 18 Germany  King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Felix Villegas Casado (Spain)
Try: Wey, Verschelden, Nana, Niell
Con: A. Williams (3)
Pen: A. Williams (2)
 (Line up)
(Report)		 Try: Franke 56', Tekkal 70'
Con: Eckert 70'
Pen: Franke 8', Eckert 47'
2007-11-24
15:00		 Germany  34 – 5 Moldova  Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Jaroslav Bednarik (Czech Republic)
Try: Grzanna (2) 19', 25', Kasten 60', Strauch 76'
Con: Franke (4) 19', 25', 60', 76'
Pen: Franke (2) 4', 45'
 (Line up)
(Report)		 Try: Romanov 52'
2008-04-19
14:30		 Germany  13 – 5 Ukraine  Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion, Hanover
Attendance: 6,735
Referee: Gabriel Seitan (Romania)
Try: Grzanna 58'
Con: Franke 58'
Pen: Franke 17'
Drop: Güngör 26'
 (Line up)
(Report)		 Try: Orlov 34'
2008-04-26
 Netherlands  17 – 27 Germany  Amsterdam
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tony Raduta (Romania)
Try: Knox 29', Bonhof 40', Lingsma 65'
Con: Lingsma 40'
 (Line up)
(Report)		 Try: Güngör (2) 20', 75'
Con: Franke 20'
Pen: Davies (3) 32', 39', 50', Franke 69'
Drop: Grzanna 79'

Friendlies

2006-09-16
 Switzerland  10 – 40 Germany  Allmend Stadium, Bern
(Report)
2007-02-24
 Welsh Districts XV 13 – 24 Germany  Pontypridd Stadium, Pontypridd
Attendance: 500
Referee: Dale Hewitt (England)
Try: Parry, Palmer
Pen: Warman
 (Line up) Try: Kasten, Danso, Kerr
Con: Franke (3)
Pen: Franke
2007-09-29
 Germany  49 – 13 Switzerland  Frankfurt am Main
Try: Walger (3), Strauch (2), Pipa, Pyrasch
Con: Eckert (5), Wiedemann (2)
 (Line up) Try: Betten, Hösel
Pen: Nicholas

Player statistics

Squad

The following players were part of the German team during its 2006-08 campaign:[9]

Backs
Player
 Position Club
Mustafa Güngör Scrum-half RG Heidelberg
Raphael Pyrasch Scrum-half DSV 78 Hannover
Franck Moutsinga Scrum-half Berliner RC
Christopher Parnham Scrum-half Clifton RFC
Kieron Davies Fly-half Luton RFC
Thorsten Wiedemann Fly-half TSV Handschuhsheim
Lars Eckert Fly-half SC Neuenheim
Friedrich Michau Fly-half FC St Pauli
Benjamin Simm Centre DSV 78 Hannover
Clemens von Grumbkow Centre RC Orléans
Christopher Weselek Centre RG Heidelberg
Colin Grzanna Centre Berliner RC
Marten Strauch Centre SC Neuenheim
Sebastien Chaule Wing TSV Handschuhsheim
Markus Walger Wing RK Heusenstamm
Matthieu Franke Fullback RC Orléans
Edmoore Takaendesa Fullback RG Heidelberg
Dennis Walger Fullback RK Heusenstamm
Forwards
Player
 Position Club
Klaus Mainzer Hooker SC Neuenheim
Tim Coly Hooker RG Heidelberg
Christian Baracat Prop SC 1880 Frankfurt
Benjamin Krause Prop DSV 78 Hannover
Marcus Trick Prop SC Neuenheim
Alexander Widiker Prop RC Orléans
Pierre Faber Prop Stade Dijonnais
Steve Williams Prop SC Neuenheim
Krystian Trochowski Prop Berliner RC
Benjamin Danso Lock DRC Hannover
Jens Schmidt Lock TSV Handschuhsheim
Bodo Sieber Lock University of Cape Town
Manuel Wilhelm Lock RG Heidelberg
Sebastian Werle Lock RG Heidelberg
Sascha Fischer Lock Le Bugue athletic club
Rolf Wacha Lock SC 1880 Frankfurt
Christian Hug Lock SC Neuenheim
Kehoma Brenner Flanker RG Heidelberg
Tim Kasten Flanker RG Heidelberg
Alexander Hug Flanker TSV Handschuhsheim
Alexander Pipa Flanker TSV Handschuhsheim
Gerrit van Look Flanker Berliner RC
Timur Tekkal Flanker DRC Hannover
Steffen Thier Flanker RG Heidelberg
Michael Kerr Flanker SC Neuenheim

Games

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

Player Caps [10] 2006 2007 2008
Swi 2 Mol Bel W XV Ukr Ned Swi Bel Mol Ukr Ned
Benjamin Krause 26 [11] x 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
Tim Coly 23 [11] 2 2 2 2 2 2
Alexander Widiker 27[12] 1 1 1 3 3 1 3 3 3
Manuel Wilhelm 20 19 4 5 5 4 4 4
Jens Schmidt 33 [13] x 5 (c) 5 (c) 7 (c) 8 (c) 7 (c) 5 (c) 4 18 5
Tim Kasten 17 [14] x 6 8 6 6 6 6 6
Gerrit van Look 15 [15] x 7 6 8 6 6 7 8 7 7
Bodo Sieber 15 [15] 4 4 8 5 5 8
Mustafa Güngör 20 [16] x 9 9 14 9 9 9 9 9 9
Lars Eckert 17 [14] x 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Matthieu Franke 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 11
Colin Grzanna 22 x 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 (c) 12 (c) 12 (c) 12 (c)
Kieron Davies 23 [11] 21 21 13 13
Christopher Weselek 25 [15] x 14 14 11 11 11 14 13 14 22 14
Edmoore Takaendesa 2 15 15
Steve Williams 3 [14] 2 16 16
Benjamin Danso 10 x 18 18 4 16 19 4 18 18 19 17
Alexander Pipa 7 8 18
Rolf Wacha 2 [17] 6 19
Sebastien Chaule 14 [18] x 11 11 15 21 21 20 20
Markus Walger 16 x 11 11 11 21 21
Marten Strauch 5 [15] 21 20 20 13 22 22 22
Clemens von Grumbkow 18 13 12 (1) 13 13 14 13 11
Kehoma Brenner 4 [19] 17 17 17 17 17 17
Steffen Thier x 8 7 8 7
Christian Baracat 3 [17] 17 3 16 16
Timur Tekkal x 7 8 19 19
Franck Moutsinga 10 [20] x 20 20 9 21 21 9 20 20
Pierre Faber 18 3 3 2
Sascha Fischer 27 5 5
Klaus Mainzer x 16 16 2 18 16 1
Krystian Trochowski 16 16
Christian Hug x 4 19 18
Alexander Hug 1 [17] 19
Raphael Pyrasch 1 [17] 20
Thorsten Wiedemann 1 [17] 21
Dennis Walger 1 [17] 22
Benjamin Simm 7 22 13 14 14
Marcus Trick 19 x 17 17
Sebastian Werle 19 20 18
Friedrich Michau 22 22
Michael Kerr 18
Christopher Parnham 20
Christian Doering x 22
Hendrik van Look x
Michael Döries x
Alexander Luft x
Rene Engelhardt x

Scorers (ENC)

Try scorers

Tries Name Pld
6 Mustafa Güngör 8
3 Colin Grzanna 8
2 Matthieu Franke 8
1 Timur Tekkal 3
Marten Strauch 4
Steffen Thier 4
Sebastien Chaule 5
Tim Kasten 6

Points scorers

Points Name Pld
96 Matthieu Franke 8
33 Mustafa Güngör 8
18 Colin Grzanna 8
9 Kieron Davies 4
5 Timur Tekkal 3
Marten Strauch 4
Steffen Thier 4
Sebastien Chaule 5
Tim Kasten 6
Lars Eckert 8

References

  1. ^ Deutschland vor Rückkehr in Division 1 (German) Rugby-Journal, accessed: 24 March 2010
  2. ^ Deutsche U21-Auswahl soll Alpencup verteidigen (German) totalrugby.de, published: 27 September 2008, accessed: 27 March 2010
  3. ^ Germany - Netherlands report (German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 28 March 2010
  4. ^ Deutschland vor Rückkehr in Division 1 (German) Rugby Journal - Match report, accessed: 25 March 2010
  5. ^ Kader für Lehrgang in Heidelberg nominiert (German) scrum.de, published: 16 February 2008, accessed: 15 March 2010
  6. ^ Mark Kuhlmann nicht mehr DRV-Nationaltrainer (German) Rugby-Journal, published: 9 March 2009, accessed: 25 February 2010
  7. ^ Comité Directeur (French) RC Orléans website, accessed: 15 March 2010
  8. ^ FIRA-AER website - 2006/08 - ENC - Division 2
  9. ^ Germany squad (German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 28 March 2010
  10. ^ Rugby international news accessed: 24 February 2009
  11. ^ a b c Neues vor dem Länderspiel II: Minister Niebel kommt (German) totalrugby.de, published: 10 December 2009, accessed: 19 March 2010
  12. ^ Widiker: “Für mich zählt nur der Aufstieg” (German) Rugby-Journal, published: 19 November 2010, accessed: 21 November 2010
  13. ^ Jens Schmidt made his 35th appearance for the German team against Spain on 15 November 2008.
  14. ^ a b c Tim Kasten, Markus Walger and Lars Eckert received the silver merrit of the DRV after each playing their 15th game for Germany against Molavia on 24 November 2007. Stephen Williams debut fo Germany in this game.
  15. ^ a b c d Marten Strauch (5), Gerrit van Look (15), Bodo Sieber (15) and Christopher Weselek (25) received awards for set number of games after the Germany versus Netherlands game on 26 April 2008.
  16. ^ Güngör neuer Kapitän der National-XV (German) Rugby-Journal, published: 8 December 2009, accessed: 24 March 2010
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ Sebastien Chaule beendet Rugby-Karriere (German) Rugby-Journal, published: 30 October 2009, accessed: 27 February 2010
  19. ^ Kehoma Brenner made his debut for Germany against Moldova on 11 November 2006.
  20. ^ Franck Moutsinga (German) BRC website, accessed: 2 March 2010

External links

Forwards
Baracat · Brenner · Coly · Danso · Faber · Fischer · Hug · Kasten · Krause · Mainzer · Pipa · Schmidt (c) · Sieber · Tekkal · Thier · Trick · Van Look · Wacha · Widiker · Wilhelm · Williams
Backs
Chaule · Davies · Eckert · Franke · Grzanna · Güngör · Michau · Moutsinga · Simm · Strauch · Takaendesa · Von Grumbkow · Walger · Werle · Weselek
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