Germany national under-18 rugby union team

Germany under-18

Union	Deutscher Rugby-Verband
Coach(es)	Jan Ceselka Christian Lill
Team kit

The Germany national under-18 rugby union team is the under-18 team of the Germany national rugby union team in the sport of rugby union.

Overview

The German team has, for the most part, played in the B-Division of the European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, however, it earned promotion to the A-Division in 2009.

2009

The German team earned promotion to the A division of the European championship at the 2009 tournament in southern France. It had won promotion to the elite division of European under-18 rugby for the first time in many years.^[1] Germany beat Portugal 11-3 in the final of the B tournament to clinch promotion.^[2]

The German team took part in the tournament with the following squad:^[3]

• Julius Nostadt, Tim Menzel, Chris Hilsenbeck (US Colomiers), Tom Schiiling (RK 03 Berlin), Samy Füchsel (Berliner RC), Fabian Tacke, Kevin Nelson (SC Germania List), Jörn Schröder (TSV Victoria Linden), Elmar Heimpel, Nicolas Kurzer, Bastian Himmer, Robert Hittel, Luis Becker, Raffael Ruck (RG Heidelberg), Dustin Dobravsky (Canada), Timo Vollenkemper (Wiedenbrücker TV), Sam Rainger (RK Heusenstamm), Matthias Marin, Sebastian Kößler, Konstantin Hoffmann (TSV Handschuhsheim), Michail Tyumenev, Nicolas Müller, Dennis Denzin, Phil Szczesny (DSV 78 Hannover), Chris Kleebauer (Gloucester), Pascal Drügemöller (SC Neuenheim), Jerome Ruhnau (TuS 95 Düsseldorf).

2010

In the 2010 edition of the European under-18 rugby union championship, the team, freshly promoted to the A group, pulled off a surprise 44-0 victory over Romania. Germany lost its opening game to eventual runners-up Ireland 20-11, but managed to win its second game, against Romania, 44-0. In its third and final game in the tournament, against Italy for fifth place, Germany lost 18-13.^[4] Chris Thau, Publications Manager of the IRB,^[5] commented after the Romania game that it was the first time in the almost 40 years he had been watching German national teams, that a German team played world class rugby.^[6]

The German team, coached by Jan Ceselka (TSV Handschuhsheim) and Christian Lill (RK 03 Berlin), took part in the tournament with the following squad:^[7]

• Nicolas Kurzer, Robert Hittel, Hannes Huber, Matthias Kunzmann (Heidelberger TV), Sebastian Kößler (TSV Handschuhsheim), Elmar Heimpel, Luis Becker (RG Heidelberg), Pascal Drügemöller (SC Neuenheim), Phil Szczesny, Nicolas Müller, Adrian de Riz, Pascal Fischer (DSV 78 Hannover), Jörn Schröder (TSV Victoria Linden), Fabian Tacke, Kevin Nelson, Kevin Riege (SC Germania List), Samy Füchsel (Berliner RC), Lukas Deichmann, Jens Listmann, Adam Howes (SC 1880 Frankfurt), Kilian Kleine (Coventry R.F.C.), Julius Nostadt, Chris Hilsenbeck, Tim Menzel (US Colomiers), Eddie Mallaby (Harlequins F.C.), Robin Plümpe (Waiheke Island RFC).

2011

Germany won its opening game of the 2011, defeating Belgium 27-11 and thereby achieving the teams aim of not being relegated.^[8] The team then suffered a heavy 3-87 defeat against Scotland, a game that clearly showed the difference between the standards of rugby between the two nations.^[9] In the final game of the tournament, Germany lost 0-40 to Georgia and finished fourth in its division.

Germany called up the following players for the 2011 tournament:^[10]

• Adrian de Riz, Daniel Windolf, Nico Kretschmer, Felix Schippe (DSV 78 Hannover), Kevin Riege (SC Germania List), Robin Brömer, Hasan Tekkal (TSV Victoria Linden), Sebastian Fromm (Clongowes Wood College), Marc Hittel, Vincent Fischer, Carsten Lang (RG Heidelberg), Leonard Becker, Luca Hoffmann (SC Neuenheim), Frederick Lüthke (Stuttgarter RC), Ali Sürer (TB Rohrbach), Max Utikal (RK Heusenstamm), Lukas Deichmann, Jens Listmann (SC 1880 Frankfurt), Philipp Gerigk (ASV Köln Rugby), Julius König (Wald-Merscheider TV), Theodor Lorenz Schmidt-Bleek, Lukas Wende, Maxim Gazzo (Berliner RC), Kilian Kleine, Eddy Mallaby and Rory Sarjeant (all three playing in England).

Honours

• European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship - B Division
  • Champions: 2009
  • Runners-up: 2007

Current players

The following players were part of the German team in 2010:^[11]

Backs Player Position Club Tim Menzel Scrum-half US Colomiers Eddie Mallaby Scrum-half Harlequin F.C. Chris Hilsenbeck Fly-half US Colomiers Lukas Deichmann Fly-half SC 1880 Frankfurt Nicolas Kurzer Centre Heidelberger TV Luis Becker Centre RG Heidelberg Robin Plümpe Centre Waiheke Island RFC Kilian Kleine Centre Warwickshire Rugby Kevin Riege Wing SC Germania List Phil Szczesny Wing DSV 78 Hannover Nicolas Müller Wing DSV 78 Hannover Pascal Fischer Wing DSV 78 Hannover Sebastian Kößler Fullback TSV Handschuhsheim

Forwards Player Position Club Pascal Drügemöller Hooker SC Neuenheim Adrian de Riz Hooker DSV 78 Hannover Hannes Huber Prop Heidelberger TV Julius Nostadt Prop US Colomiers Samy Füchsel Prop Berliner RC Moritz Melchior * Lock Berliner RC Florian Danicke * Lock RK 03 Berlin Jörn Schröder Lock TSV Victoria Linden Kevin Nelson Lock SC Germania List Robert Hittel Flanker Heidelberger TV Elmar Heimpel Flanker RG Heidelberg Fabian Tacke Flanker SC Germania List Paul Reichert * Flanker RK 03 Berlin

• * Not part of the 2010 European championship team.

European championship

Results

Germany's recent results at the European Championship:

2009 European championship – Division B

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Round	Report
4 April 2009	Draguignan	Netherlands	31-0	Quarter finals	Report
7 April 2009	La Seyne-sur-Mer	Poland	27-0	Semi final	Report
10 April 2009	La Seyne-sur-Mer	Portugal	11-3	Final	Report

2010 European championship – Division A

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Round	Report
28 March 2010	San Donà di Piave	Ireland	11-20	Quarter finals	Report
31 March 2010	Casale sul Sile	Romania	44-0	Semi final (5-8)	Report
3 April 2010	Casale sul Sile	Italy	13-18	5th place game	Report

2011 European championship – First Division

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Round	Report
16 April 2011	Fleurance	Belgium	27-11	Quarter finals	Report
19 April 2011	Lourdes	Scotland	3-87	Semi final	Report
23 April 2011	Louey	Georgia	0-40	3rd place game	Report

• German wins in bold.

Positions

The teams final positions in the European championship:

Year	Division	Tier	Place
2004
2005	B Division	II	4th
2006	B Division	II	4th
2007	B Division	II	2nd
2008	B Division	II	3rd
2009	B Division	II	1st — Promoted
2010	A Division	I	6th
2011	First Division	II	4th

References

1. U18 in Bestbesetzung zur EM nach Italien (German) totalrugby.de - Preview of the 2010 tournament, accessed: 26 April 2010
2. U18-EM: Deutschland steigt in die Spitzengruppe auf (German) Rugby-Journal - 2009 final, published: 10 April 2009, accessed: 26 April 2010
3. U18-EM: Deutschland feiert klaren Auftaktsieg (German) Rugby-Journal - 2009 squad, published: 4 April 2009, accessed: 30 April 2010
4. European under-18 rugby championship 2010 website accessed: 26 April 2010
5. IRB Staff IRB website, accessed: 26 April 2010
6. Im Spiel um Platz 5 gegen Italien (German) Rugby-Journal - Preview of the Italy game, accessed: 26 April 2010
7. U18 in Bestbesetzung zur EM nach Italien (German) totalrugby.de, published: 23 March 2010, accessed: 30 April 2010
8. [http://www.rugby-verband.de/?data[pageid]=12&data[newsid]=wnm2kr U18: Sieg zum Auftakt] (German) DRV website, accessed: 23 April 2011
9. [http://www.rugby-verband.de/?data[pageid]=12&data[newsid]=k3q73z U18 verliert gg. Schotten] (German) DRV website, accessed: 23 April 2011
10. [http://www.rugby-verband.de/?data[pageid]=12&data[newsid]=k1inu9 EM-Kader U18] (German) DRV website, accessed: 6 April 2011
11. DRJ U18-Nationalmannschaft (German) totalrugby.de - German under-18 squad, accessed: 26 April 2010

External links

• German Rugby Federation Official DRV website
• Rugby-Journal website Official publication of the German Rugby Federation
• (German) Totalrugby.de German rugby news and results