| Birth name | Alexander Metz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1987-03-19) 19 March 1987 (age 37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) 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.
He made his debut for Germany against Romania on 13 February 2010.
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. He was also the captain of the German under-21 team. At the end of the 2010–11 season he left Germany again to study in Durban, South Africa.
Honours
Club
- German rugby union cup
- Winners: 2008
- Runners up: 2009
Stats
Alexander Metz's personal statistics in club and international rugby:
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
- ^ Alexander Metz profile at scrum.com accessed: 23 March 2010
- ^ 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
- Alexander Metz at scrum.com
- (in German) Alexander Metz at totalrugby.de
| Germany squad – 2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division | |
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