Alexander Metz Explained

Alexander Metz
Birth Name:Alexander Metz
Birth Date:19 March 1987
Height:1.94m (06.36feet)
Weight:102kg (225lb)
Ru Position:Flanker
Ru Amateuryears:?
?
? - 2010
2010 - 2011
2011 - present
Ru Amupdate:30 April 2012
Ru Nationalyears:2010
Ru Nationalteam:Germany
Ru Nationalcaps:3
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)
Ru Ntupdate:23 March 2010

Alexander Metz (born 19 March 1987)[1] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

He plays rugby since 1991.[2]

He made his debut for Germany against Romania on 13 February 2010.

Metz was part of a group of German players who were sent to South Africa in 2009 to improve their rugby skills at the Academy as part of the Wild Rugby Academy program.[3] He was also the captain of the German under-21 team.[4] At the end of the 2010–11 season he left Germany again to study in Durban, South Africa.[5]

Honours

Club

Stats

Alexander Metz's personal statistics in club and international rugby:

Club

YearClubDivisionGamesTriesConPenDGPlace
2008-09TSV HandschuhsheimRugby-Bundesliga810006th
2009-10810004th - Semi-finals
2010-11RG Heidelberg310004th - Semi-finals

National team

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/110537.html Alexander Metz profile at scrum.com
  2. http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showPlayer/p,6/pid,266/Itemid,250/ Alexander Metz profile at totalrugby.de
  3. http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/1083/257/ Sechs Talente zum Lernen nach Südafrika
  4. http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/2500/37/ DRV XV: Kader für Länderspiel in Rumänien benannt
  5. http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/3014/41/ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012