Markus Walger (born 24 August 1979)
accessed: 6 March 2010 is a German
international rugby union player, playing for the
RK Heusenstamm
The RK Heusenstamm is a German rugby union club from Heusenstamm, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga.
History
The club was formed in 1979, much later than most other current Bundesliga clubs, in Heusenstamm, Hesse.
After relegation from t ...
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
Dennis Walger (born 29 February 1984 in Offenbach am Main) is a German international rugby union player, playing for the RK Heusenstamm in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.
His sole international for Germany came on ...
, also a German international.
Walger was born in
Offenbach am Main
Offenbach am Main () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Hesse, Germany, on the left bank of the river Main (river), Main. It borders Frankfurt and is part of the Frankfurt urban area and the larger Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Aut ...
, and has played rugby since he was six years old.
[Markus Walger profile at totalrugby.de]
accessed: 6 March 2010
Walger has also played for the
Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the
2008 Hannover Sevens
The 2008 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Hanover, Germany. It was the seventh edition of the European Sevens championship and also functioned as a qualifying tournament for the 2009 Rugby World ...
, the
2006 London Sevens
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number.
In mathematics
Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...
and the
World Games 2005 in
Duisburg, where Germany finished 8th.
Rugby: Fiji assure gold medal in final seconds
World Games website, accessed: 27 January 2009
Honours
Club
* German sevens championship
** Champions: 2006
National team
* European Nations Cup - Division 2
** Champions: 2008
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Stats
Markus Walger's personal statistics in club and international rugby:
Club
* ''As of 29 April 2012''
National team
European Nations Cup
Friendlies & other competitions
* ''As of 6 March 2010''
References
External links
Markus Walger
at scrum.com
*
Markus Walger
at totalrugby.de
Markus Walger
at the Hannover Sevens website
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1979 births
Living people
German rugby union players
Germany international rugby union players
RK Heusenstamm players
Rugby union wings
Sportspeople from Offenbach am Main