Alexander Metz

Alexander Metz
Birth nameAlexander Metz
Date of birth (1987-03-19) 19 March 1987 (age 37)
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
TSV Handschuhsheim ()
RC Massy Essonne ()
?-2010 TSV Handschuhsheim ()
2010-2011 RG Heidelberg ()
2011- Northwood Crusaders ()
Correct as of 30 April 2012
International career
Years Team Apps (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 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

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
  • As of 25 August 2011

National team

Year Team Competition Games Points Place
2008-2010 Germany European Nations Cup First Division 3 0 6th — Relegated
  • As of 21 December 2010

References

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