Anjo Buckmann (born 1 March 1989)
accessed: 24 March 2010 is a German international

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player, playing for the

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in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

Biography

Buckmann played in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 German championship final for Heidelberger RK, with the club winning all of them. He made his debut for Germany in a friendly against Hong Kong on 12 December 2009. Buckmann left the

at the end of the 2008-09 season to join the

Heidelberger RK The Heidelberger Ruderklub (Heidelberger RK or HRK for short) is a German rowing club and rugby union club from Heidelberg, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga. The club is one of only two professional rugby clubs in Germany, the other bein ...

. He was part of a group of German players which were sent to

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in 2009 to improve their rugby skills at the Academy as part of the Wild Rugby Academy program. Buckman competed for

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at the

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Honours

Club

* German rugby union championship ** Winners:

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, 2012 * German rugby union cup ** Champions: 2010, 2011 ** Runners up: 2009

Stats

Anjo Buckmann's personal statistics in club and international rugby:Anjo Buckman profile at totalrugby.de
accessed: 24 March 2010

Club

* ''As of 11 May 2012''

National team

European Nations Cup

Friendlies & other competitions

* ''As of 28 April 2013''

References

External links

at scrum.com *
Anjo Buckman
at totalrugby.de *
Anjo Buckmann
at the '' DRV'' website {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckman, Anjo 1989 births Living people German rugby union players Germany international rugby union players TSV Handschuhsheim players Heidelberger RK players Rugby union centres