Markus Walger Explained

Markus Walger
Birth Name:Markus Walger
Birth Date:24 August 1979
Birth Place:Offenbach, Germany
Height:1.79m (05.87feet)
Weight:92kg (203lb)
Ru Position:Wing
Ru Amupdate:6 March 2010
Repyears1:- 2008
Repteam1:Germany
Repcaps1:17
Ru Ntupdate:6 March 2010
Ru Sevensnationalteam1:Germany 7's
Occupation:Electrician

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.

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:

Club

YearClubDivisionGamesTriesConPenDGPlace
2008-09RK HeusenstammRugby-Bundesliga1650007th
2009-101870008th
2010-111500009th
2011-1217200010th

National team

European Nations Cup

YearTeamCompetitionGamesPointsPlace
2006-2008European Nations Cup Second Division30Champions
2008-2010European Nations Cup First Division106th - Relegated

Friendlies & other competitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/94917.html Markus Walger profile at scrum.com
  2. http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/1873/41/ TotalRugby Vorschau 1. Bundesliga - 1. Spieltag 2009/2010
  3. http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showPlayer/p,6/pid,34/Itemid,250/ Markus Walger profile at totalrugby.de
  4. http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1104 Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens
  5. http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1190#733 Markus Walger at the Hannover Sevens website
  6. http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/en/teilnehmer/teilnehmer.php@id=731 Markus Walger
  7. http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/en/news/news.php@id=1195 Rugby: Fiji assure gold medal in final seconds