Raphael Pyrasch
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| Birth name | Raphael Pyrasch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 August 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (11 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raphael Pyrasch (born 6 August 1986)[1] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Heidelberger RK in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.
Pyrasch played in the 2011 German championship final for Heidelberger RK, which the club won.
He made his debut for Germany against Switzerland in a friendly on 29 September 2007.
His club, DSV 78/08 Ricklingen, won the 2nd Bundesliga title in 2008-09 and earned promotion to the Rugby-Bundesliga, now playing as DSV 78 Hannover.
Pyrasch has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2009 Hannover Sevens [2] and the 2009 London Sevens.[3]
Pyrasch was one of four German rugby players, together with Mustafa Güngör, Fabian Heimpel and Bastian Himmer, who were promised by the DRV that they could join the Sportkompanie of the Bundeswehr, a special sports unit within the German Army. This was however not the case, with no places available in the unit for male rugby players until 2012. This led to great resentment by the players towards the DRV and its then-chairman Claus-Peter Bach because all four had turned down other options in favour of the promised place in the Sportkompanie.[4]
Honours
Club
- German rugby union championship
- Champions: 2011, 2012
- German rugby union cup
- Winners: 2011
Stats
Raphael Pyrasch's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[5]
Club
| Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
| 2008-09 | DSV 78/08 Ricklingen | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st — Promoted |
| 2009-10 | DSV 78 Hannover | Rugby-Bundesliga | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9th |
| 2010-11 | Heidelberger RK | 17 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1st — Champions | |
| 2011-12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st — Champions |
- As of 11 May 2012
National team
European Nations Cup
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
| 2008-2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 5 | 0 | 6th — Relegated |
| 2010–2012 | Germany | European Nations Cup Division 1B | 2 | 0 | 4th |
| 2012–2014 | Germany | European Nations Cup Division 1B | 2 | 0 | ongoing |
Friendlies and other competitions
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
| 2007 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 0 |
- As of 28 April 2013
References
- ↑ Raphael Pyrasch profile at scrum.com accessed: 17 March 2010
- ↑ Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens (in German) Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010
- ↑ Germany ready to take on world's best IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010
- ↑ Böses Foul gegen Rugbyspieler (in German) Frankfurter Rundschau, accessed: 27 August 2011
- ↑ Raphael Pyrasch profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 17 March 2010
External links
- Raphael Pyrasch at scrum.com
- (in German) Raphael Pyrasch at totalrugby.de
- (in German) Raphael Pyrasch at the DRV website