List of Germany national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the

Germany national rugby union team The Germany national rugby union team (German language, German: Deutsche Rugby-Union-Nationalmannschaft) represents Germany in men's international competitions. It currently plays at the second level of European rugby but is yet to qualify f ...

. The list only includes players who have played in a

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. Note that the "position" column lists the position at which the player made his Test debut, not necessarily the position for which he is best known. A position in parentheses indicates that the player debuted as a substitute.

Unofficial: Pre-1927

At the

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, Germany was represented by

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, with the following players being called up:Die Gründerjahre des deutschen Rugbysports
DRV website - Foundation years, accessed: 25 February 2010

Official: From 1927 onwards

The official German rugby union team's international history begun on 17 April 1927, when it played

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in Paris and lost 5-30. The following players were called up for Germany since:

Notes

*
Scrum.com
the main source for this list, lists Germany games from the Moldova game in November 2006 onwards and ignores all debuts made before that date. Players not individually referenced may have had their debuts before November 2006.

References

External links

Deutscher Rugby-Verband
- Official Site
TotalRugby.de
German rugby website with news and results
Germany at RugbyData.com
Statistics and results
Rugby International News - Germany
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