Alexander Metz
| Birth name | Alexander Metz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 March 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 who 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[edit]
Club[edit]
- German rugby union cup
- Winners: 2008
- Runners up: 2009
Stats[edit]
Alexander Metz's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[2]
Club[edit]
| 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 |
- As of 25 August 2011
National team[edit]
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
| 2008-2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 3 | 0 | 6th — Relegated |
- As of 21 December 2010
References[edit]
- ^ a b Alexander Metz profile at scrum.com accessed: 23 March 2010
- ^ a b Alexander Metz profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 23 March 2010
- ^ Sechs Talente zum Lernen nach Südafrika (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 20 February 2009, accessed: 23 March 2010
- ^ DRV XV: Kader für Länderspiel in Rumänien benannt (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 8 February 2010, accessed: 23 March 2010
- ^ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 30 April 2012
External links[edit]
- Alexander Metz at scrum.com
- (in German) Alexander Metz at totalrugby.de