Clemens von Grumbkow
Birth name | Clemens von Grumbkow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 22 July 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Leimen, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 101 kg (15 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Clemens von Grumbkow (born 22 July 1983)[1] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the U.S. Dax in the French Rugby Pro D2.[2] He made his debut for Germany in a game against Poland in 2003.[3]
Biography
Von Grumbkow was born in Leimen, and originally played for SC Neuenheim in Germany, being part of the club's national championship-winning team in 2003 and 2004,[4] before joining New Zealand club Stoke RFC for the 2005 season.[2] From 2006 to 2009, he played for French club RC Orléans, a club with a number of German internationals in its ranks at the time. From 2009, he played in Italy's highest league, the Super 10 (now Top12), for Rugby Club I Cavalieri Prato.[2] At the end of the 2011–12 season he switched to the French second division side U.S. Dax.[5]
He is also regularly part of the German sevens squad and played for his country at the 2005 World Games in Duisburg and the 2009 London Sevens.[6]
Honours
Club
- German rugby union championship
- Champions: 2003, 2004
National team
- European Nations Cup – Division 2
- Champions: 2008
Stats
Clemens von Grumbkow's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[4][7]
National team
European Nations Cup
Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
2006–2008 | Germany | European Nations Cup Second Division | 7 | 0 | Champions |
2008–2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 10 | 5 | 6th – Relegated |
2010–2012 | Germany | European Nations Cup Division 1B | 2 | 0 | 4th |
2012–2014 | Germany | European Nations Cup Division 1B | 2 | 5 | ongoing |
Friendlies & other competitions
Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
2009 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 0 |
- As of 28 April 2013
Club
Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
2006–07 | RC Orléans | Fédérale 1 | 13 | 25 | |
2007–08 | 18 | 15 | |||
2008–09 | 16 | 10 | |||
2009–10 | Cavalieri Prato | National Championship of Excellence | 16 | 5 | |
2010–11 | 14 | 20 | |||
2011–12 | 15 | 40 | |||
2012–13 | Dax | Rugby Pro D2 |
- As of 30 April 2012
References
- ^ Clemens von Grumbkow scrum.com, accessed: 23 February 2010
- ^ a b c VON GRUMBKOW CLEMENS Archived 31 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian) Rugby Club I Cavalieri Prato website, accessed: 23 February 2010
- ^ Clemens von Grumbkow (in German) DRV website, accessed: 30 April 2012
- ^ a b Clemens von Grumbkow profile at totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 February 2010
- ^ Nationalspieler von Grumbkow wechselt in die französische PRO D2 (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 9 June 2012, accessed: 24 June 2012
- ^ IRB website: Germany squad[permanent dead link], accessed: 28 May 2009
- ^ Clemens von Grumbkow profile at itsrugby.fr (in French) accessed: 25 February 2010
External links
- (in Italian) Rugby Club I Cavalieri Prato website – Clemens von Grumbkow
- (in German) Clemens von Grumbkow profile at totalrugby.de
- (in French) Clemens von Grumbkow profile at itsrugby.fr
- (in German) Clemens von Grumbkow at the DRV website
- Use dmy dates from August 2013
- 1983 births
- Living people
- German rugby union players
- Germany international rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in France
- Cavalieri Prato players
- RC Orléans players
- SC Neuenheim players
- Rugby union centres
- People from Leimen (Baden)
- Expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand
- Expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- German expatriate sportspeople in France
- German expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
- German expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- German expatriate rugby union players