View source for Germany at the 2006–2008 European Nations Cup

{{Infobox Rugby club season
| club                 = [[Germany national rugby union team|Germany]]
| logo                 =
| season               = [[2006-2008 European Nations Cup Second Division|2006–2008]]
| manager              = [[Rudolf Finsterer]] <br /> [[Mark Kuhlmann]] <br /> [[Bruno Stolorz]]
| mgrtitle             = Head coach
| chairman             = [[Claus-Peter Bach]]
| league               = [[2006-2008 European Nations Cup Second Division|ENC Second Division]]
| league result        = Champions
| league try scorer    = [[Mustafa Güngör|Güngör]] (6)
| try scorer           =
| league points scorer = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] (96)
| points scorer        =
| highest attendance   = 8,213
| lowest attendance    =
| prevseason           = [[Germany at the 2004–06 European Nations Cup|2004–2006]]
| nextseason           = [[Germany at the 2008–10 European Nations Cup|2008-2010]]
}}
'''Germany at the 2006–2008 European Nations Cup''' was the first time since 1981 that the [[Germany national rugby union team|German national rugby union team]] reached highest level of [[FIRA - Association of European Rugby|FIRA]] rugby, the [[European Nations Cup (rugby union)|European Nations Cup]], by winning its group, the [[2006-2008 European Nations Cup Second Division|Division 2A in 2006–2008]].<ref>[http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/deutschland_vor_rueckkehr_in_division_1/ Deutschland vor Rückkehr in Division 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626025617/http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/deutschland_vor_rueckkehr_in_division_1/ |date=2008-06-26 }} {{in lang|de}} ''[[Rugby-Journal]]'', accessed: 24 March 2010</ref>
Germany played eight competition games and three friendlies in its campaign. It won six of its eight competitive games, including all four home games, and all three friendlies. It played [[Switzerland national rugby union team|Switzerland]] twice, to contest the newly created ''Alpencup'', which remained with Germany on both occasions.<ref>[http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/664/237/ Deutsche U21-Auswahl soll Alpencup verteidigen] {{in lang|de}} totalrugby.de, published: 27 September 2008, accessed: 27 March 2010</ref>
With over 8,000 spectators, Germany's home game against the Netherlands in [[Hanover]], at the [[Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion]],  achieved the best crowd figures for a rugby match in Germany since the pre-[[Second World War]] days.<ref>[http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showReport/p,57/mid,15530/Itemid,356/ Germany - Netherlands report] {{in lang|de}} totalrugby.de, accessed: 28 March 2010</ref>
Germany went into its campaign unbeaten at home, having last lost on 12 November 2000, to Ukraine. It maintained this record, which  was only broken early in its next campaign, on 8 November 2008, when it lost to a Welsh XV.<ref>[http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/deutschland_vor_rueckkehr_in_division_1/ Deutschland vor Rückkehr in Division 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626025617/http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/deutschland_vor_rueckkehr_in_division_1/ |date=2008-06-26 }} {{in lang|de}} Rugby Journal - Match report, accessed: 25 March 2010</ref>
==Background==
The division Germany was playing in, Division 2A, consisted of five teams, of which Ukraine had been relegated to from the First Division in the previous edition of the European Nations Cup.
The winner, Germany, earned promotion to the First Division, while the last placed team, the Netherlands, were relegated to Division 2B.
==Management and coaching==
At the beginning of Germany's ENC campaign, it was coached by a duo, made up of [[Rudolf Finsterer]] and [[Mark Kuhlmann]], under the supervision of [[Peter Ianusevici]], Germany's ''Director of Rugby''.
In early 2008, the two were joined by [[France|Frenchman]] [[Bruno Stolorz]].<ref>[http://scrum.de/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=4711 Kader für Lehrgang in Heidelberg nominiert] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719083016/http://scrum.de/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=4711 |date=July 19, 2011 }} {{in lang|de}} scrum.de, published: 16 February 2008, accessed: 15 March 2010</ref> Stolorz was seconded to the German team by the [[French Rugby Federation|Fédération française de rugby]] to improve Germany's performance in the sport and is also a coach with French club team [[RC Orléans]], where he fulfills the position of a ''Conseiller sportif auprès''.<ref>[http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/mark_kuhlmann_nicht_mehr_drv-nationaltrainer/ Mark Kuhlmann nicht mehr DRV-Nationaltrainer]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|de}} ''[[Rugby-Journal]]'', published: 9 March 2009, accessed: 25 February 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.rcorleans.com/?page_id=101 Comité Directeur] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316065556/http://www.rcorleans.com/?page_id=101 |date=March 16, 2010 }} {{in lang|fr}} RC Orléans website, accessed: 15 March 2010</ref>
==Debuts and retirements==
A number of German players made their final appearances for their country during the 2006-08 campaign, among them were regulars like [[Steffen Thier]], [[Sascha Fischer]] and [[Klaus Mainzer (rugby union)|Klaus Mainzer]].
The former were replaced by a number of debutants, among them the [[Zimbabwe]]an [[Edmoore Takaendesa]] and the [[Australia]]n [[Steve Williams (rugby union, born 1982)|Steve Williams]].
==Table==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place
!rowspan=2 width="20%"| Nation
!colspan=4 width="32%"| Games
!colspan=3 width="30%"| Points
!rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table<br/>points
|-
!width="8%"| played
!width="8%"| won
!width="8%"| drawn
!width="8%"| lost
!width="10%"| for
!width="10%"| against
!width="10%"| difference
|-
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center
|1||align=left|{{ru|GER}}||8||6||0||2||191||124||+67||'''20'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|2||align=left|{{ru|BEL}}||8||6||0||2||214||147||+67||'''20'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|3||align=left|{{ru|MDA}}||8||5||0||3||163||157||+6||'''18'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|4||align=left|{{ru|UKR}}||8||3||0||5||117||128||-11||'''14'''
|- bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center
|5||align=left|{{ru|NED}}||8||0||0||8||97||226||-129||'''8'''
|}
* In the event of a tie the following rules apply: champion to be decided by 1. Winner of the games between tied teams 2. Best difference points for and against in all pool matches 3. Best difference between tried in all pool matches 4. Higher number of points 5. Higher number of tries <ref>[http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/competition_detail.php?compet=92&gpement=757 FIRA-AER website - 2006/08 - ENC - Division 2<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*Germany was promoted because they won on aggregate in the two games played between them and Belgium (32 - 13 and 18 - 32 giving an aggregate of 50 - 45).
==Games==
===ENC matches===
{{rugbybox
|date = 2006-11-11
|time = 12:00
|home = {{ru-rt|Moldova}}
|score = 26 &ndash; 24
|report = [http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/match/25339.html (Line up)] <br /> [http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showReport/p,57/mid,15524/Itemid,356/ (Report)]
|away = {{ru-rt|GER}}
|try1 =  (4) 3', 21', 30', 68'
|pen1 =  (2) 11', 80'
|con1 =
|drop1 =
|try2 = [[Mustafa Güngör|Güngör]] 40'+, [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] 63'
|pen2 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] (4) 23', 28', 40', 78'
|con2 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] 40'+
|drop2 =
|stadium = [[Chişinău]]
|attendance = 500
|referee = [[Bernard dal Maso]] ([[French Rugby Federation|France]])}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 2006-11-18
|time = 15:00
|home = {{ru-rt|GER}}
|score = 32 &ndash; 13
|report = [http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/match/25346.html (Line up)] <br /> [http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showReport/p,57/mid,15526/Itemid,356/ (Report)]
|away = {{ru-rt|BEL}}
|try1 = [[Mustafa Güngör|Güngör]] 28', [[Sebastien Chaule|Chaule]] 46', ???
|pen1 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] (5) 2', 6', 15', 24', 67'
|con1 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] 28'
|drop1 =
|try2 = (1)
|pen2 = (2)
|con2 = (1)
|drop2 =
|stadium = [[Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark]], [[Heidelberg]]
|attendance = 2,700
|referee = [[Stefano Mancini]] ([[Italian Rugby Federation|Italy]])}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 2007-04-21
|time = 15:00
|home = {{ru-rt|Ukraine}}
|score = 14 &ndash; 22
|report = [http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/match/25398.html (Line up)] <br /> [http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showReport/p,57/mid,15528/Itemid,356/ (Report)]
|away = {{ru-rt|GER}}
|try1 =  (2) 6', 36'
|pen1 =
|con1 = (2) 6', 36'
|drop1 =
|try2 = [[Mustafa Güngör|Güngör]] 40'+
|pen2 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] (5) 2', 30', 38', 49', 80'
|con2 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] 40'+
|drop2 =
|stadium = [[Kyiv]]
|attendance = 1,000
|referee = [[Tomas Tuma]] ([[Czech Rugby Union|Czech Republic]])}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 2007-04-28
|time = 15:00
|home = {{ru-rt|GER}}
|score = 21 &ndash; 12
|report = [http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/match/25403.html (Line up)] <br /> [http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showReport/p,57/mid,15530/Itemid,356/ (Report)]
|away = {{ru-rt|NED}}
|try1 = [[Mustafa Güngör|Güngör]] 5', [[Steffen Thier]]
|pen1 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] (3) 49', 65', 70'
|con1 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] 5'
|drop1 =
|try2 = (2)
|pen2 =
|con2 = (1)
|drop2 =
|stadium = [[Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion]], [[Hanover]]
|attendance = 8,213
|referee = }}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 2007-11-10
|time =
|home = {{ru-rt|BEL}}
|score = 32 &ndash; 18
|report = [http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/match/25569.html (Line up)] <br /> [http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showReport/p,57/mid,15534/Itemid,356/ (Report)]
|away = {{ru-rt|GER}}
|try1 = [[Jérôme Wey|Wey]], [[Mathieu Verschelden|Verschelden]], [[Cyrille Nana|Nana]], [[Andrew Niell|Niell]]
|pen1 = [[Alan Williams (Belgian rugby player)|A. Williams]] (2)
|con1 = [[Alan Williams (Belgian rugby player)|A. Williams]] (3)
|drop1 =
|try2 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] 56', [[Timur Tekkal|Tekkal]] 70'
|pen2 =  [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] 8', [[Lars Eckert|Eckert]] 47'
|con2 = [[Lars Eckert|Eckert]] 70'
|drop2 =
|stadium = [[King Baudouin Stadium]], [[Brussels]]
|attendance = 2,500
|referee = [[Felix Villegas Casado]] ([[Spanish Rugby Federation|Spain]])}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 2007-11-24
|time = 15:00
|home = {{ru-rt|GER}}
|score = 34 &ndash; 5
|report = [http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/match/25576.html (Line up)] <br /> [http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showReport/p,57/mid,15537/Itemid,356/ (Report)]
|away = {{ru-rt|Moldova}}
|try1 = [[Colin Grzanna|Grzanna]] (2) 19', 25', [[Tim Kasten|Kasten]] 60', [[Marten Strauch|Strauch]] 76'
|pen1 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] (2) 4', 45'
|con1 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] (4) 19', 25', 60', 76'
|drop1 =
|try2 = [[Andrei Romanov (rugby union)|Romanov]] 52'
|pen2 =
|con2 =
|drop2 =
|stadium = [[Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark]], [[Heidelberg]]
|attendance = 2,800
|referee = [[Jaroslav Bednarik]] ([[Czech Rugby Union|Czech Republic]])}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 2008-04-19
|time = 14:30
|home = {{ru-rt|GER}}
|score = 13 &ndash; 5
|report = [http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/match/25615.html (Line up)] <br /> [http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/deutschland_vor_rueckkehr_in_division_1/ (Report)]
|away = {{ru-rt|UKR}}
|try1 = [[Colin Grzanna|Grzanna]] 58'
|pen1 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] 17'
|con1 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] 58'
|drop1 = [[Mustafa Güngör|Güngör]] 26'
|try2 = [[Vitaliy Orlov|Orlov]] 34'
|pen2 =
|con2 =
|drop2 =
|stadium = [[Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion]], [[Hanover]]
|attendance = 6,735
|referee = [[Gabriel Seitan]] ([[Romanian Rugby Federation|Romania]])}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 2008-04-26
|time =
|home = {{ru-rt|NED}}
|score = 17 &ndash; 27
|report = [http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/match/25630.html (Line up)] <br /> [https://web.archive.org/web/20080530000903/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/features/newsid%3D2023539.html (Report)]
|away = {{ru-rt|GER}}
|try1 = [[Jason Knox|Knox]] 29', [[Jordi Bonhof|Bonhof]] 40', [[Fedde Lingsma|Lingsma]] 65'
|pen1 =
|con1 = [[Fedde Lingsma|Lingsma]] 40'
|drop1 =
|try2 = [[Mustafa Güngör|Güngör]] (2) 20', 75'
|pen2 = [[Kieron Davies|Davies]] (3) 32', 39', 50', [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] 69'
|con2 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] 20'
|drop2 =[[Colin Grzanna|Grzanna]] 79'
|stadium = [[Amsterdam]]
|attendance = 1,000
|referee = [[Tony Raduta]] ([[Romanian Rugby Federation|Romania]])}}
----
===Friendlies===
{{rugbybox
|date = 2006-09-16
|time =
|home = {{ru-rt|Switzerland}}
|score = 10 &ndash; 40
|report = [http://rugbyinternational.50megs.com/intl-news/Weekly-news/2006.09.16.htm (Report)]
|away = {{ru-rt|GER}}
|try1 =
|pen1 =
|con1 =
|drop1 =
|try2 =
|pen2 =
|con2 =
|drop2 =
|stadium = [[Allmend Stadium]], [[Bern]]
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 2007-02-24
|time =
|home = Welsh Districts XV {{flagicon|WAL}}
|score = 13 &ndash; 24
|report = [http://www.rugbyinternational.net/data/2007/2007-02/2007022404-ger-wal.htm (Line up)]
|away = {{ru-rt|GER}}
|try1 = [[Jamie Parry|Parry]], [[Wesley Palmer|Palmer]]
|pen1 = [[Craig Warman|Warman]]
|con1 =
|drop1 =
|try2 = [[Tim Kasten|Kasten]], [[Benjamin Danso|Danso]], [[Michael Kerr (rugby union)|Kerr]]
|pen2 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]]
|con2 = [[Matthieu Franke|Franke]] (3)
|drop2 =
|stadium = [[Pontypridd Stadium]], [[Pontypridd]]
|attendance = 500
|referee = [[Dale Hewitt]] ([[Rugby Football Union|England]])}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 2007-09-29
|time =
|home = {{ru-rt|GER}}
|score = 49 &ndash; 13
|report = [http://www.rugbyinternational.net/data/2007/2007-09/2007092906-ger-swz.htm (Line up)]
|away = {{ru-rt|Switzerland}}
|try1 = [[Markus Walger|Walger]] (3), [[Marten Strauch|Strauch]] (2), [[Alexander Pipa|Pipa]], [[Raphael Pyrasch|Pyrasch]]
|pen1 =
|con1 = [[Lars Eckert|Eckert]] (5), [[Thorsten Wiedemann|Wiedemann]] (2)
|drop1 =
|try2 = [[Schelte Betten|Betten]], [[Sergio Hösel|Hösel]]
|pen2 = [[Jesse Nicholas|Nicholas]]
|con2 =
|drop2 =
|stadium = [[Frankfurt am Main]]
|attendance =
|referee = }}
==Player statistics==
===Squad===
The following players were part of the German team during its 2006-08 campaign:<ref>[http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showPlayers/p,57/ttid,571/Itemid,50/ Germany squad] {{in lang|de}} totalrugby.de, accessed: 28 March 2010</ref>
{{col-begin|width=auto}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Backs
|-
!Player
!Position
!Club
|-
| [[Mustafa Güngör]]
| [[Scrum-half (rugby union)|Scrum-half]]
| [[RG Heidelberg]]
|-
| [[Raphael Pyrasch]]
| [[Scrum-half (rugby union)|Scrum-half]]
| [[DSV 78 Hannover]]
|-
| [[Franck Moutsinga]]
| [[Scrum-half (rugby union)|Scrum-half]]
| [[Berliner RC]]
|-
| [[Christopher Parnham]]
| [[Scrum-half (rugby union)|Scrum-half]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Clifton RFC]]
|-
| [[Kieron Davies]]
| [[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly-half]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Luton RFC]]
|-
| [[Thorsten Wiedemann]]
| [[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly-half]]
| [[TSV Handschuhsheim]]
|-
| [[Lars Eckert]]
| [[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly-half]]
| [[SC Neuenheim]]
|-
| [[Friedrich Michau]]
| [[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly-half]]
| [[FC St Pauli]]
|-
| [[Benjamin Simm]]
| [[Centre (rugby union)|Centre]]
| [[DSV 78 Hannover]]
|-
| [[Clemens von Grumbkow]]
| [[Centre (rugby union)|Centre]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[RC Orléans]]
|-
| [[Christopher Weselek]]
| [[Centre (rugby union)|Centre]]
| [[RG Heidelberg]]
|-
| [[Colin Grzanna]]
| [[Centre (rugby union)|Centre]]
| [[Berliner RC]]
|-
| [[Marten Strauch]]
| [[Centre (rugby union)|Centre]]
| [[SC Neuenheim]]
|-
| [[Sebastien Chaule]]
| [[Wing (rugby union)|Wing]]
| [[TSV Handschuhsheim]]
|-
| [[Markus Walger]]
| [[Wing (rugby union)|Wing]]
| [[RK Heusenstamm]]
|-
| [[Matthieu Franke]]
| [[Fullback (rugby union)|Fullback]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[RC Orléans]]
|-
| [[Edmoore Takaendesa]]
| [[Fullback (rugby union)|Fullback]]
| [[RG Heidelberg]]
|-
| [[Dennis Walger]]
| [[Fullback (rugby union)|Fullback]]
| [[RK Heusenstamm]]
|}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Forwards
|-
!Player
!Position
!Club
|-
| [[Klaus Mainzer (rugby union)|Klaus Mainzer]]
| [[Hooker (rugby union)|Hooker]]
| [[SC Neuenheim]]
|-
| [[Tim Coly]]
| [[Hooker (rugby union)|Hooker]]
| [[RG Heidelberg]]
|-
| [[Christian Baracat]]
| [[Prop (rugby union)|Prop]]
| [[SC 1880 Frankfurt]]
|-
| [[Benjamin Krause]]
| [[Prop (rugby union)|Prop]]
| [[DSV 78 Hannover]]
|-
| [[Marcus Trick]]
| [[Prop (rugby union)|Prop]]
| [[SC Neuenheim]]
|-
| [[Alexander Widiker]]
| [[Prop (rugby union)|Prop]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[RC Orléans]]
|-
| [[Pierre Faber]]
| [[Prop (rugby union)|Prop]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stade Dijonnais]]
|-
| [[Steve Williams (rugby union, born 1982)|Steve Williams]]
| [[Prop (rugby union)|Prop]]
| [[SC Neuenheim]]
|-
| [[Krystian Trochowski]]
| [[Prop (rugby union)|Prop]]
| [[Berliner RC]]
|-
| [[Benjamin Danso]]
| [[Lock (rugby union)|Lock]]
| [[DRC Hannover]]
|-
| [[Jens Schmidt]]
| [[Lock (rugby union)|Lock]]
| [[TSV Handschuhsheim]]
|-
| [[Bodo Sieber]]
| [[Lock (rugby union)|Lock]]
| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[University of Cape Town]]
|-
| [[Manuel Wilhelm]]
| [[Lock (rugby union)|Lock]]
| [[RG Heidelberg]]
|-
| [[Sebastian Werle]]
| [[Lock (rugby union)|Lock]]
| [[RG Heidelberg]]
|-
| [[Sascha Fischer]]
| [[Lock (rugby union)|Lock]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Le Bugue athletic club]]
|-
| [[Rolf Wacha]]
| [[Lock (rugby union)|Lock]]
| [[SC 1880 Frankfurt]]
|-
| [[Christian Hug]]
| [[Lock (rugby union)|Lock]]
| [[SC Neuenheim]]
|-
| [[Kehoma Brenner]]
| [[Flanker (rugby union)|Flanker]]
| [[RG Heidelberg]]
|-
| [[Tim Kasten]]
| [[Flanker (rugby union)|Flanker]]
| [[RG Heidelberg]]
|-
| [[Alexander Hug (rugby union)|Alexander Hug]]
| [[Flanker (rugby union)|Flanker]]
| [[TSV Handschuhsheim]]
|-
| [[Alexander Pipa]]
| [[Flanker (rugby union)|Flanker]]
| [[TSV Handschuhsheim]]
|-
| [[Gerrit van Look]]
| [[Flanker (rugby union)|Flanker]]
| [[Berliner RC]]
|-
| [[Timur Tekkal]]
| [[Flanker (rugby union)|Flanker]]
| [[DRC Hannover]]
|-
| [[Steffen Thier]]
| [[Flanker (rugby union)|Flanker]]
| [[RG Heidelberg]]
|-
| [[Michael Kerr (rugby union)|Michael Kerr]]
| [[Flanker (rugby union)|Flanker]]
| [[SC Neuenheim]]
|}
{{col-end}}
* <small>Clubs listed are the club or clubs a player played for while playing for Germany in 2006-08, not current club.</small>
===Games===
The following players have been selected for Germany from 2006 to 2008 in the country's European Nation Cup Second Division campaign and in friendlies:
{| class="wikitable"
! Player
| '''[[Cap (sport)|Caps]]''' <ref>[http://rugby-international.blogspot.com/search/label/Germany%20Rugby Rugby international news] accessed: 24 February 2009</ref>
| colspan=3 | '''[[Rugby union in 2006|2006]]'''
| colspan=6 | '''[[Rugby union in 2007|2007]]'''
| colspan=2 | '''[[Rugby union in 2008|2008]]'''
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"
|
|
| '''[[Switzerland national rugby union team|Swi]]''' <sup>2</sup>
| '''[[Moldova national rugby union team|Mol]]'''
| '''[[Belgium national rugby union team|Bel]]'''
| '''[[Wales national rugby union team|W XV]]'''
| '''[[Ukraine national rugby union team|Ukr]]'''
| '''[[Netherlands national rugby union team|Ned]]'''
| '''[[Switzerland national rugby union team|Swi]]'''
| '''[[Belgium national rugby union team|Bel]]'''
| '''[[Moldova national rugby union team|Mol]]'''
| '''[[Ukraine national rugby union team|Ukr]]'''
| '''[[Netherlands national rugby union team|Ned]]'''
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Benjamin Krause]]
| 26 <ref name=Kong >[http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/2374/37/ Neues vor dem Länderspiel II: Minister Niebel kommt] {{in lang|de}} totalrugby.de, published: 10 December 2009, accessed: 19 March 2010</ref>
| x
|
|
| '''3''' {{suboff|}}
| '''1''' {{suboff|}}
| '''1''' {{suboff|}}
| '''2'''
| '''2'''
| '''1'''
| '''1'''
| '''1'''
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Tim Coly]]
| 23 <ref name="Kong"/>
|
| '''2'''
| '''2''' {{suboff|}}
|
| '''2''' {{suboff|}}
| '''2''' {{suboff|}}
|
|
|
| '''2''' {{suboff|}}
| '''2''' {{suboff|}}
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Alexander Widiker]]
| 27<ref>[http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/widiker_fuer_mich_zaehlt_nur_der_aufstieg/ Widiker: “Für mich zählt nur der Aufstieg”]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|de}} ''[[Rugby-Journal]]'', published: 19 November 2010, accessed: 21 November 2010</ref>
|
| '''1'''
| '''1'''
| '''1'''
| '''3'''
| '''3'''
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| '''1''' {{sin bin||}}
| '''3''' {{suboff|}}
| '''3''' {{sin bin||}}
| '''3'''
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Manuel Wilhelm]]
| 20
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| '''19''' {{subon|}}
| '''4''' {{suboff|}}
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| '''5'''
| '''5''' {{suboff|}}
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| '''4''' {{suboff|}}
| '''4''' {{suboff|}}
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Jens Schmidt]]
| 33 <ref name=Schmidt>Jens Schmidt made his 35th appearance for the German team against [http://www.rugbyrugby.com/tournaments/six_nations/story_131108173844.php Spain on 15 November 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220033150/http://www.rugbyrugby.com/tournaments/six_nations/story_131108173844.php |date=20 December 2008 }}.</ref>
| x
| '''5''' ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
| '''5''' ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
| '''7''' ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
| '''8''' ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
| '''7''' ([[Captain (sports)|c]]) {{suboff|}}
| '''5''' ([[Captain (sports)|c]]) {{suboff|}}
| '''4''' {{suboff|}}
|
| '''18''' {{subon|}}
| '''5''' {{suboff|}}
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Tim Kasten]]
| 17 <ref name=Merrit >Tim Kasten, Markus Walger and Lars Eckert received the silver merrit of the DRV after each playing their 15th game for Germany against [http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showReport/p,57/mid,15537/Itemid,356/ Molavia on 24 November 2007]. Stephen Williams debut for Germany in this game.</ref>
| x
| '''6'''
| '''8'''
| '''6''' {{suboff|}}
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| '''6''' {{suboff|}}
| '''6'''
| '''6'''
| '''6''' {{suboff|}}
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Gerrit van Look]]
| 15 <ref name=Merritfour >Marten Strauch (5), Gerrit van Look (15), Bodo Sieber (15) and Christopher Weselek (25) received awards for set number of games after the Germany versus [http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showReport/p,57/mid,15540/Itemid,356/ Netherlands game on 26 April 2008].</ref>
| x
| '''7''' {{suboff|}}
| '''6'''
| '''8''' {{suboff|}}
| '''6'''
| '''6''' {{sin bin||}}
|
| '''7'''
| '''8'''
| '''7'''
| '''7'''
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Bodo Sieber]]
| 15 <ref name="Merritfour"/>
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| '''4'''
| '''4''' {{suboff|}}
|
| '''8'''
| '''5'''
| '''5'''
| '''8'''
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Mustafa Güngör]]
| 20 <ref name=Gungor >[http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/neues_vor_dem_laenderspiel_guengoer_neuer_kapitaen_der_national-xv/ Güngör neuer Kapitän der National-XV]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|de}} ''[[Rugby-Journal]]'', published: 8 December 2009, accessed: 24 March 2010</ref>
| x
| '''9'''
| '''9''' {{suboff|}}
| '''14'''
| '''9'''
| '''9'''
|
| '''9'''
| '''9'''
| '''9'''
| '''9'''
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Lars Eckert]]
| 17 <ref name="Merrit"/>
| x
| '''10''' {{suboff|}}
| '''10''' {{suboff|}}
| '''10'''
| '''10'''
| '''10''' {{suboff|}}
| '''10''' {{suboff|}}
| '''10'''
| '''10'''
| '''10'''
| '''10'''
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Matthieu Franke]]
| 9 <ref>[http://www.rugby-verband.de/?data&#91;pageid&#93;=51&data&#91;subpage&#93;=spielkader&data&#91;kader&#93;=1&data&#91;playerid&#93;=aqkcpr Matthieu Franke] {{in lang|de}} ''[[German Rugby Federation|DRV]]'' website, accessed: 30 April 2012</ref>
|
| '''15'''
| '''15'''
| '''15'''
| '''15'''
| '''15'''
|
| '''15'''
| '''15'''
| '''14'''
| '''11'''
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Colin Grzanna]]
| 22
| x
| '''12'''
| '''13'''
| '''12'''
| '''12'''
| '''12'''
| '''12'''
| '''12''' ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
| '''12''' {{suboff|}} ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
| '''12''' {{suboff|}} ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
| '''12''' ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Kieron Davies]]
| 23 <ref name="Kong"/>
|
| '''21''' {{subon|}}
| '''21''' {{subon|}}
|
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| '''13'''
| '''13''' {{suboff|}}
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Christopher Weselek]]
| 25 <ref name="Merritfour"/>
| x
| '''14'''
| '''14'''
| '''11'''
| '''11''' {{suboff|}}
| '''11'''
| '''14'''
| '''13'''
| '''14'''
| '''22''' {{subon|}}
| '''14''' {{suboff|}}
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Edmoore Takaendesa]]
| 2
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| '''15'''
| '''15''' {{suboff|}}
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Steve Williams (rugby union, born 1982)|Steve Williams]]
| 3 <ref name="Merrit"/>
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| '''2''' {{suboff|}}
| '''16''' {{subon|}}
| '''16''' {{subon|}}
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Benjamin Danso]]
| 10
| x
| ''18''
| '''18''' {{subon|}}
| '''4''' {{suboff|}}
| '''16''' {{subon|}}
| '''19''' {{subon|}}
| '''4'''
| ''18''
| '''18''' {{subon|}}
| '''19''' {{subon|}}
| '''17''' {{subon|}}
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Alexander Pipa]]
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| '''7''' {{suboff|}}
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| '''8''' {{suboff|}}
| '''18''' {{subon|}}
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Rolf Wacha]]
| 2 <ref name=Sixnew >Dennis Walger, Thorsten Wiedemann, Raphael Pyrasch, Rolf Wacha, Christian Baracat and Alexander Hug all made their debut in Germany's [http://www.rugbyinternational.net/data/2007/2007-09/2007092906-ger-swz.htm game against Switzerland] on 29 September 2007.</ref>
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| '''6'''
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| '''19''' {{subon|}}
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Sebastien Chaule]]
| 14 <ref name=Chaule >[http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/chaule_beendete_rugby-karriere/ Sebastien Chaule beendet Rugby-Karriere]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|de}} ''Rugby-Journal'', published: 30 October 2009, accessed: 27 February 2010</ref>
| x
| '''11'''
| '''11''' {{sin bin||}} {{suboff|}}
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| '''15'''
| '''21''' {{subon|}}
| '''21''' {{subon|}}
| ''20''
| '''20''' {{subon|}}
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Markus Walger]]
| 16
| x
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| '''11'''
| '''11'''
| '''11''' {{suboff|}}
| ''21''
| '''21''' {{subon|}}
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Marten Strauch]]
| 5 <ref name="Merritfour"/>
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| ''21''
| '''20''' {{subon|}}
| '''20''' {{subon|}}
| '''13''' {{suboff|}}
| ''22''
| '''22''' {{subon|}}
|
| '''22''' {{subon|}}
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Clemens von Grumbkow]]
| 18
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| '''13'''
| '''12'''
| <sup>(1)</sup>
| '''13'''
| '''13'''
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| '''14'''
| '''13''' {{suboff|}}
| '''11'''
|
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Kehoma Brenner]]
| 4 <ref name=Brenner >Kehoma Brenner made his debut for Germany [http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showReport/p,57/mid,15524/Itemid,356/ against Moldova on 11 November 2006].</ref>
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| '''17''' {{subon|}}
| '''17''' {{subon|}}
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| '''17''' {{subon|}}
| ''17''
| '''17''' {{subon|}}
| ''17''
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|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Steffen Thier]]
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| x
| '''8'''
| '''7''' {{suboff|}}
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| '''8''' {{suboff|}}
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| '''7''' {{suboff|}}
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|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Christian Baracat]]
| 3 <ref name="Sixnew"/>
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| ''17''
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| '''16''' {{subon|}}
| '''16''' {{subon|}}
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|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Timur Tekkal]]
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| x
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| '''7''' {{suboff|}}
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| '''8'''
| '''19''' {{subon|}}
| '''19''' {{subon|}}
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|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Franck Moutsinga]]
| 10 <ref>[http://www.berliner-rugby-club.de/player.html?player=86 Franck Moutsinga] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402035506/http://www.berliner-rugby-club.de/player.html?player=86 |date=2009-04-02 }} {{in lang|de}} BRC website, accessed: 2 March 2010</ref>
| x
| ''20''
| '''20''' {{subon|}}
| '''9''' {{suboff|}}
| ''21''
| ''21''
| '''9''' {{suboff|}}
| ''20''
| ''20''
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|align="left"| [[Pierre Faber]]
| 18
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| '''3''' {{suboff|}}
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|align="left"| [[Sascha Fischer]]
| 27
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| '''5''' {{sin bin||}}
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|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Klaus Mainzer (rugby union)|Klaus Mainzer]]
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| '''16''' {{subon|}}
| '''16''' {{subon|}}
| '''2'''
| '''18''' {{subon|}}
| '''16''' {{subon|}}
| '''1''' {{suboff|}}
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|align="left"| [[Krystian Trochowski]]
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| '''16''' {{subon|}}
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| '''16''' {{subon|}}
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|align="left"| [[Christian Hug]]
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| '''4''' {{suboff|}}
| '''19''' {{subon|}}
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|align="left"| [[Alexander Hug (rugby union)|Alexander Hug]]
| 1 <ref name="Sixnew"/>
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|align="left"| [[Raphael Pyrasch]]
| 1 <ref name="Sixnew"/>
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|align="left"| [[Thorsten Wiedemann]]
| 1 <ref name="Sixnew"/>
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|align="left"| [[Dennis Walger]]
| 1 <ref name="Sixnew"/>
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|align="left"| [[Benjamin Simm]]
| 7
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| '''14'''
| '''14'''
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|align="left"| [[Marcus Trick]]
| 19
| x
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| ''20''
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| '''22''' {{subon|}}
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|align="left"| [[Michael Kerr (rugby player)|Michael Kerr]]
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|align="left"| [[Christopher Parnham]]
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|align="left"| [[Christian Doering]]
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|align="left"| [[Hendrik van Look]]
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|align="left"| [[Michael Döries]]
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|align="left"| [[Alexander Luft]]
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|align="left"| [[Rene Engelhardt]]
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* <small>Number of caps as of end of ENC campaign, 26 April 2008, not overall.</small>
* <sup>1</sup> Clemens von Grumbkow was injured prior to the match and Germany only went with 21 players into the game.
* <sup>2</sup> Only squad known for the Switzerland game, no positions.
* '''Bold''' numbers indicate player played in the game.
* ''Italics'' indicates did not play.
* {{suboff|}} denotes substituted off.
* {{subon|}} denotes substituted on.
* ([[Captain (sports)|c]])  denotes captain.
* {{sin bin||}} denotes sin bin.
===Scorers (ENC)===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
====Try scorers====
{| class="wikitable"
! Tries
! Name
! Pld
|-
!rowspan=1|6
|[[Mustafa Güngör]]
|align="center"|8
|-
!rowspan=1|3
|[[Colin Grzanna]]
|align="center"|8
|-
!rowspan=1|2
|[[Matthieu Franke]]
|align="center"|8
|-
!rowspan=5|1
|[[Timur Tekkal]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[Marten Strauch]]
|align="center"|4
|-
|[[Steffen Thier]]
|align="center"|4
|-
|[[Sebastien Chaule]]
|align="center"|5
|-
|[[Tim Kasten]]
|align="center"|6
|}
{{col-2}}
====Points scorers====
{| class="wikitable"
! Points
! Name
! Pld
|-
!rowspan=1|96
|[[Matthieu Franke]]
|align="center"|8
|-
!rowspan=1|33
|[[Mustafa Güngör]]
|align="center"|8
|-
!rowspan=1|18
|[[Colin Grzanna]]
|align="center"|8
|-
!rowspan=1|9
|[[Kieron Davies]]
|align="center"|4
|-
!rowspan=6|5
|[[Timur Tekkal]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[Marten Strauch]]
|align="center"|4
|-
|[[Steffen Thier]]
|align="center"|4
|-
|[[Sebastien Chaule]]
|align="center"|5
|-
|[[Tim Kasten]]
|align="center"|6
|-
|[[Lars Eckert]]
|align="center"|8
|}
{{col-end}}
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
==External links==
*{{in lang|de}} [http://www.rugby-verband.de Deutscher Rugby-Verband] - Official Site
*{{in lang|de}} [http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ TotalRugby.de] German rugby website with news and results
*[http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/team/7.html?class=1;template=results;type=team;view=results  Germany results at scrum.com]
{{Germany Squad 2006-2008 ENC Second Division}}
{{Germany national rugby union team}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nations Cup}}
[[Category:Germany at the European Nations Cup|2006–08]]
[[Category:2006–07 in German rugby union]]
[[Category:2007–08 in German rugby union]]