Matthieu Franke Explained

Matthieu Franke
Birth Name:Matthieu Franke
Birth Date:1985 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Nanterre, France
Height:1.93m (06.33feet)
Weight:95kg (209lb)
Ru Position:Wing
Clubs1:RC Orléans
Apps1:72
Points1:78
Ru Clubupdate:30 April 2012
Repyears1:2006–present
Ru Sevensupdate:(110)

Matthieu Franke (born 13 February 1985)[1] [2] is a German international rugby union player, playing for RC Orléans in the Fédérale 1 and the German national rugby union team. He is the brother of Guillaume Franke, who has also played for Germany.[3] He made his debut for Germany in a game against Moldova on 11 November 2006.[4]

Biography

Franke was born in Nanterre, France, but represents Germany in international rugby.

Franke last played for Germany against Spain on 15 November 2008. He was selected to play for Germany again in February 2010 but missed out because of a knee injury and was replaced by his brother.[3] He had to have surgery in early March and was out of action for the coming month.[5] In the 2006-2008 European Nations Cup Second Division campaign, Franke was Germany's most prolific scorer with 109 points, playing as a fullback.[6]

Franke's club, RC Orléans, provides a number of players to the German team, including him, his brother, Clemens von Grumbkow and Alexander Widiker.[7]

Franke has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2008 Hannover Sevens.[8]

Honours

National team

Stats

Matthieu Franke's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[9] [10]

Club

YearTeamCompetitionGamesPointsPlace
2006–07RC OrléansFédérale 1140
2007–081835
2008–09910
2009–10910
2010–11120
2011–121023

National team

European Nations Cup

YearTeamCompetitionGamesPointsPlace
2006–2008GermanyEuropean Nations Cup Second Division896Champions
2008–2010GermanyEuropean Nations Cup First Division106th – Relegated
2010–2012GermanyEuropean Nations Cup Division 1B654th

Friendlies & other competitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/94915.html Matthieu Franke profile at scrum.com
  2. http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1198#740 Mathieu Franke
  3. http://www.rugbyrugby.com/news/story_4210171502.php Big opportunities in ENC
  4. http://www.rugby-verband.de/?data[pageid]=51&data[subpage]=spielkader&data[kader]=1&data[playerid]=aqkcpr Matthieu Franke
  5. http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/matthieu_franke_erneut_am_kreuzband_operiert/ Matthieu Franke erneut am Kreuzband operiert
  6. http://www.totalrugby.de/index.php?option=com_joomleague&func=showPlayers&p=57&ttid=571&Itemid=354 Germany squad European Nations Cup 2006–08
  7. http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/1635/37/ DRV-Stürmer Alexander Widiker verlängert in Orléans
  8. http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1104 Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens
  9. http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showPlayer/p,57/pid,7/Itemid,250/ Matthieu Franke profile at totalrugby.de
  10. http://www.itsrugby.fr/joueur_6730.html Matthieu Franke