Alexander Metz

Alexander Metz
Full name Alexander Metz
Date of birth (1987-04-19) April 19, 1987
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Flanker
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
?
?
? - 2010
2010 - 2011
2011 - present
Germany TSV Handschuhsheim
France RC Massy Essonne
Germany TSV Handschuhsheim
Germany RG Heidelberg
South Africa Northwood Crusaders
correct as of 30 April 2012.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2010 Germany 3 (0)
correct as of 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.[1]

Metz was part of a group of German players which were sent to South Africa in 2009 to improve their rugby skills at the Sharks 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:[2]

Club

Year Club Division Games Tries Con Pen DG Place
2008-09 TSV Handschuhsheim Rugby-Bundesliga 8 1 0 0 0 6th
2009-10 8 1 0 0 0 4th Semi-finals
2010-11 RG Heidelberg 3 1 0 0 0 4th Semi-finals

National team

Year Team Competition Games Points Place
2008-2010 Germany European Nations Cup First Division 3 0 6th Relegated

References

  1. 1 2 Alexander Metz profile at scrum.com accessed: 23 March 2010
  2. 1 2 Alexander Metz profile at totalrugby.de (German) accessed: 23 March 2010
  3. Sechs Talente zum Lernen nach Südafrika (German) totalrugby.de, published: 20 February 2009, accessed: 23 March 2010
  4. DRV XV: Kader für Länderspiel in Rumänien benannt (German) totalrugby.de, published: 8 February 2010, accessed: 23 March 2010
  5. TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 (German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 30 April 2012

External links

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