British Army Germany rugby union team

The British Army Germany rugby union team is the rugby union team of the British Army in Germany. It is part of the Army Rugby Union.[1]

British Army Germany
UnionArmy Rugby Union
Official website
www.aru.org.uk/aru-bag.htm

The team regularly plays games against emerging nations like Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.[1]

The British Forces Germany also have a very successful representative sevens squad.[1]

History

No records exist of rugby matches played by the British occupation forces in Germany after the First World War, despite a ten-year presence of the British Army of the Rhine until 1929.[2]

After the Second World War, a representative side was formed, whose fixtures have helped an interest in the playing of rugby in those countries.[2]

2009-10 fixtures

The fixtures and results of the team for 2009-10:[1]

BA (G) rugby union team fixtures
Date Location Opposition Result Report
26 August - 4 September 2009PadovaItalian Rugby Tour(Report)
26 September 2009JHQ Luxembourg64-5(Report)
24 October 2009JHQArmy Scotland
16 December 2009AldershotArmy 'A'9-39(Report)
16 January 2010Gütersloh Germanycancelled
30 January 2010Rheda-Wiedenbrück Germanycancelled
20 February 2010HanoverHeildelberg
20 March 2010Amsterdam Netherlands
3 April 2010JHQ Belgium
  • The game against Germany had to be postponed twice because of bad weather and was eventually cancelled.[3][4]

References
  1. British Army (Germany) Rugby Archived 2010-04-02 at the Wayback Machine ARU website, accessed: 29 March 2010
  2. British Army Rugby History Archived 2010-02-06 at the Wayback Machine ARU website, accessed: 29 March 2010
  3. Testspiel in Gütersloh fällt aus (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 12 January 2010, accessed: 24 March 2010
  4. Testspiel gegen British Forces Germany fällt aus (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 28 January 2010, accessed: 24 March 2010
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