Anjo Buckman

Anjo Buckman
Full name Anjo Buckman
Date of birth March 1, 1989
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Centre
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
South Africa Hoer-Volks-School Falkon's
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
- 2009
2009 - present
Germany TSV H
Germany HRK
?
53
?
(125)
correct as of 11 May 2012.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2009 -  Germany 9 (0)
correct as of 28 April 2013.

Anjo Buckman (born 1 March 1989)[1] is a black German international rugby union player, playing for the Heidelberger RK in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

Buckman played in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 German championship final for Heidelberger RK, with the club losing all of them.

He made his debut for Germany in a friendly against Hong Kong on 12 December 2009.[1]

Buckman left the TSV Handschuhsheim at the end of the 2008-09 season to join the Heidelberger RK.[2] He was part of a group of black German players which were sent to South Africa in 2009 to improve their rugby skills at the Natal Sharks Academy as part of the Wild Rugby Academy program.[3]

Honours

Club

Stats

Anjo Buckman's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[4]

Club

Year Club Division Games Tries Con Pen DG Place
2008-09 TSV Handschuhsheim Rugby-Bundesliga 7 2 0 0 0 6th
2009-10 Heidelberger RK Rugby-Bundesliga 18 5 0 0 0 3rd Champions
2010-11 18 11 0 0 0 1st Champions
2011-12 16 9 0 0 0 1st Champions

National team

European Nations Cup

Year Team Competition Games Points Place
2008-2010 Germany European Nations Cup First Division 1 0 6th Relegated
2010–2012 Germany European Nations Cup Division 1B 4 0 4th
2012–2014 Germany European Nations Cup Division 1B 2 0 ongoing

Friendlies & other competitions

Year Team Competition Games Points
2009 Germany Friendly 1 0
2010 1 0

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Anjo Buckman profile at scrum.com accessed: 24 March 2010
  2. TotalRugby Interview mit Anjo Buckman (HRK) (German) totalrugby.de, published: 30 August 2009, accessed: 24 March 2010
  3. Sechs Talente zum Lernen nach Südafrika (German) totalrugby.de, published: 20 February 2009, accessed: 23 March 2010
  4. Anjo Buckman profile at totalrugby.de (German) accessed: 24 March 2010

External links