Matthieu Franke (born 13 February 1985)
[Mathieu Franke]
Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010 is a German
international rugby union
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player, playing for
RC Orléans in the
Fédérale 1
Le championnat de France de première division fédérale, a.k.a. Fédérale 1, is a French rugby union club competition, the fifth highest level of amateur rugby. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby since 2 ...
and the
German national rugby union team. He is the brother of
Guillaume Franke, who has also played for Germany.
[Big opportunities in ENC]
rugbyrugby.com. published: 4 February 2010, accessed: 1 March 2010 He made his debut for Germany in a game against Moldova on 11 November 2006.
Biography
Franke was born in Nanterre, France, but represents Germany in international rugby.
Franke last played for Germany against Spain on 15 November 2008. He was selected to play for Germany again in February 2010 but missed out because of a knee injury and was replaced by his brother.
He had to have surgery in early March and was out of action for the coming month. In the
2006-2008 European Nations Cup Second Division campaign, Franke was Germany's most prolific scorer with 109 points, playing as a fullback.
Franke's club, RC Orléans, provides a number of players to the German team, including him, his brother,
Clemens von Grumbkow and
Alexander Widiker.
Franke has also played for the
Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the
2008 Hannover Sevens
The 2008 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Hanover, Germany. It was the seventh edition of the European Sevens championship and also functioned as a qualifying tournament for the 2009 Rugby World ...
.
Honours
National team
*
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– Division 2
** Champions:
2008
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Stats
Matthieu Franke's personal statistics in club and international rugby:
Matthieu Franke
at itsrugby.fr, accessed: 1 March 2010
Club
* ''As of 30 April 2012''
National team
European Nations Cup
Friendlies & other competitions
* ''As of 8 April 2012''
References
External links
at scrum.com
*
Matthieu Franke
at totalrugby.com
at itsrugby.fr
*
Matthieu Franke
at the '' DRV'' website
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1985 births
Living people
French rugby union players
German rugby union players
Germany international rugby union players
People from Nanterre
RC Orléans players
Rugby union wings
Sportspeople from Hauts-de-Seine
French people of German descent