Markus Walger

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| birth_name = Markus Walger

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|08|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Offenbach, Germany

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| height = {{convert|1.79|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|92|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

| ru_position = Wing

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| amatteam1 = RK Heusenstamm

| ru_amupdate = 6 March 2010

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| ru_sevensnationalteam1 = Germany 7's

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Markus Walger (born 24 August 1979)[http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/94917.html Markus Walger profile at scrum.com] accessed: 6 March 2010 is a German international rugby union player, playing for the RK Heusenstamm in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

Walger's last game for Germany, his 17th international, was against Spain on 15 November 2008. He is the brother of Dennis Walger, also a German international.[http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/1873/41/ TotalRugby Vorschau 1. Bundesliga - 1. Spieltag 2009/2010] {{in lang|de}} totalrugby.de, accessed: 19 March 2010

Walger was born in Offenbach am Main, and has played rugby since he was six years old.[http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showPlayer/p,6/pid,34/Itemid,250/ Markus Walger profile at totalrugby.de] {{in lang|de}} accessed: 6 March 2010

Walger has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2008 Hannover Sevens,[http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1104 Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|de}} Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010 the 2006 London Sevens[http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1190#733 Markus Walger at the Hannover Sevens website] {{in lang|de}} accessed: 6 March 2010 and the World Games 2005 in Duisburg,[http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/en/teilnehmer/teilnehmer.php@id=731 Markus Walger] at the Worldgames 2005 website, accessed: 6 March 2010 where Germany finished 8th.[http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/en/news/news.php@id=1195 Rugby: Fiji assure gold medal in final seconds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116002004/http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/en/news/news.php%40id%3D1195 |date=2009-01-16 }} World Games website, accessed: 27 January 2009

Honours

=Club=

  • German sevens championship
  • Champions: 2006

=National team=

Stats

Markus Walger's personal statistics in club and international rugby:

=Club=

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Club

! Division

! Games

! Tries

! Con

! Pen

! DG

! Place

align="center"

| 2008-09

| rowspan=4| RK Heusenstamm

| rowspan=4| Rugby-Bundesliga

| 16

| 5

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 7th

align="center"

| 2009-10

| 18

| 7

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 8th

align="center"

| 2010-11

| 15

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 9th

align="center"

| 2011-12

| 17

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 10th

  • As of 29 April 2012

=National team=

==European Nations Cup==

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Team

! Competition

! Games

! Points

! Place

align="center"

| 2006-2008

| Germany

| European Nations Cup Second Division

| 3

| 0

| bgcolor="#FFD700"| Champions

align="center"

| 2008-2010

| Germany

| European Nations Cup First Division

| 1

| 0

| 6th — Relegated

==Friendlies & other competitions==

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Team

! Competition

! Games

! Points

align="center"

| 2007

| Germany

| Friendly

| 1

| 15

  • As of 6 March 2010

References

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