RC Orléans explained

Teamname:Orléans
Fullname:Rugby Club Orléans
Countryflag:France
Founded:1966
Ground:Stade Marcel-Garcin
Capacity:1740
President:Marc Dumas and Philippe Dal Molin
Coach: Frédéric Austrui

Rugby club Orléans is a semi-professional French rugby union team, from Orléans. They currently play at Fédérale 1.

German players

The club has recently provided a number of players for the Germany national rugby union team with Alexander Widiker and the brothers Guillaume and Matthieu Franke.[1] Additionally, Frenchman Bruno Stolorz, a coach with the club, is also one of the two German coaches.[2] Stolorz is provided to the German team by the Fédération française de rugby to improve Germany's performance in the sport.[3] With Gilles Pagnon, another RCO player made his debut for Germany against Russia on 13 March 2010.[4]

Clemens von Grumbkow, another German international, left the club in 2009 to join Rugby Club I Cavalieri Prato.[5] In 2011, Olivier Galli was selected from the club to represent Germany.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/bruder-tausch_vor_georgien-spiel_franke_fuer_franke/ Bruder-Tausch vor Georgien-Spiel: Franke für Franke
  2. http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/2492/37/ Bruno Stolorz glaubt an Deutschland
  3. http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/mark_kuhlmann_nicht_mehr_drv-nationaltrainer/ Mark Kuhlmann nicht mehr DRV-Nationaltrainer
  4. http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/em-division_1_drv-kader_fuer_spiel_in_russland/ EM-Division 1: DRV-Kader für Spiel in Russland
  5. http://www.icavalieri.it/SCHEDE%20GIOCATORI/scheda%20von%20grumbkow.htm VON GRUMBKOW CLEMENS