Talk:Rugby league in Germany

Nonsense Article
This article is nonsense. Rugby league is not played in Germany up to now. Only Rugby Union.

Well, is it a nonsense article? or is it just your pro union bias that provoked such a childish outburst?


 * Thats why it exists. To document its beginings and tell people about the sport. I agree, there may not seem a lot of good with a lot of the rugby league nation articles. Most are there to document the code in it beginings. Most information may not be very informative, but this will grow over time. Your more then welcome to contribute. POds 02:46, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

=How does this look?=

History
Rugby league was formally introduced into Germany in August 2004 with the formation of Rugby League Deutschland. Prior to that it had been played informally by players from English-speaking associations such as British servicemen and students.

Teams and Competitions
There are no domestic competitions, although there are now three established teams;
 * StuSta München
 * Heidelberg Sharks, and
 * Bad Reichenhall.

An Alpine 9-a-side league is planned for 2006 with teams from Germany and Austria playing.

Popularity
It was estimated that around rugby league has around 100 regular players in Germany.

Internationally, Germany currently plays under a "Germany Development" tag as some of the players are of non-German background but these foreign players are used to help the German players understand and play the game better. Germany Development has played 2 games so far; losing to a Scotland Under-19 side by 13 points to 28, and losing against the Netherlands by 28 points to 34. Matches are scheduled against Estonia in Talinn as well as The Netherlands in Rotterdam in 2006. The Germans will also host an Austrian XIII in Bad Reichenhall in June 2006.

Players who qualify to play for the national team and who have played for the Germany Development team include; Simon Cooper, Danny Stocks, Tillmann Stock, Christian Leitner, Olli Kempkens, Khristian Kleinhorst, Nicolaus Kleinhorst, Marcus Kleinhorst, Yalcin Ferat-Sampan, Carlos Martini, Leo Berngruber, and Daniel Folgmann.

Famous German Rugby League Players
By what criteria? • Florrie • leave a note • 11:45, 14 January 2008 (UTC)