Markus Walger

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Markus Walger
Birth nameMarkus Walger
Date of birth (1979-08-24) 24 August 1979 (age 43)
Place of birth Offenbach, Germany
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Occupation(s) Electrician
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
RK Heusenstamm ()
Correct as of 6 March 2010
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- 2008 Germany 17
Correct as of 6 March 2010
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
Germany 7's

Markus Walger (born 24 August 1979) [1] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the RK Heusenstamm in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

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Walger's last game for Germany, his 17th international, was against Spain on 15 November 2008. He is the brother of Dennis Walger, also a German international. [2]

Walger was born in Offenbach am Main, and has played rugby since he was six years old. [3]

Walger has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2008 Hannover Sevens, [4] the 2006 London Sevens [5] and the World Games 2005 in Duisburg, [6] where Germany finished 8th. [7]

Honours

Club

National team

Stats

Markus Walger's personal statistics in club and international rugby: [3]

Club

YearClubDivisionGamesTriesConPenDGPlace
2008-09 RK Heusenstamm Rugby-Bundesliga 1650007th
2009-10 1870008th
2010-11 1500009th
2011-12 17200010th

National team

European Nations Cup

YearTeamCompetitionGamesPointsPlace
2006-2008 Germany European Nations Cup Second Division 30Champions
2008-2010 Germany European Nations Cup First Division106th — Relegated

Friendlies & other competitions

YearTeamCompetitionGamesPoints
2007 Germany Friendly115
  • As of 6 March 2010

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References

  1. ↑ Markus Walger profile at scrum.com accessed: 6 March 2010
  2. ↑ TotalRugby Vorschau 1. Bundesliga - 1. Spieltag 2009/2010 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 19 March 2010
  3. 1 2 Markus Walger profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 6 March 2010
  4. ↑ Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens [ permanent dead link ](in German) Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010
  5. ↑ Markus Walger at the Hannover Sevens website (in German) accessed: 6 March 2010
  6. ↑ Markus Walger at the Worldgames 2005 website, accessed: 6 March 2010
  7. ↑ Rugby: Fiji assure gold medal in final seconds Archived 2009-01-16 at the Wayback Machine World Games website, accessed: 27 January 2009
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