Markus Walger
| 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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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.
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
Club
- German sevens championship
- Champions: 2006
National team
- European Nations Cup - Division 2
- Champions: 2008
Stats
Markus Walger's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[3]
Club
| 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
European Nations Cup
| 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
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
| 2007 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 15 |
- As of 6 March 2010
References
- ^ 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
- Markus Walger at scrum.com
- (in German) Markus Walger at totalrugby.de
- Markus Walger (in German) at the Hannover Sevens website