Rugby club Orléans is a semi-professional French
rugby union
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team, from
Orléans
Orléans (;["Orleans"](_blank)
(US) and [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 ...]
.
German players
The club has recently provided a number of players for the
Germany national rugby union team
The Germany national rugby union team (German: Deutsche Rugby-Union-Nationalmannschaft) represents Germany in men's international competitions. It currently plays at the second level of European rugby but is yet to qualify for the Rugby Worl ...
with
Alexander Widiker and the brothers
Guillaume and
. Additionally, Frenchman
Bruno Stolorz, a coach with the club, is also one of the two German coaches. Stolorz is provided to the German team by the
Fédération française de rugby
The French Rugby Federation (french: Fédération Française de Rugby (''FFR'')) is the governing body for rugby union in France. It is responsible for the French national team and the Ligue nationale de rugby that administers the country's profe ...
to improve Germany's performance in the sport. With
Gilles Pagnon, another RCO player made his debut for Germany against Russia on 13 March 2010.
Clemens von Grumbkow, another German international, left the club in 2009 to join
Rugby Club I Cavalieri Prato
Rugby Club I Cavalieri is a rugby union team from the city of Prato, Italy. They play in the Top12 having finished 2nd in the 2012–13 edition, losing to Mogliano Rugby in the final.
History
The team was formed in 2000 through the merger of thre ...
.
VON GRUMBKOW CLEMENS
Rugby Club I Cavalieri Prato website, accessed: 23 February 2010 In 2011, Olivier Galli
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* Olivier (surname), a list of people
* Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery
* Olivier, Louisiana, a rural p ...
was selected from the club to represent Germany.
References
External links
Club website
Orleans
Sport in Orléans
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