Rafael 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.
Birth name | Rafael Pyrasch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 August 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pyrasch played in the 2011-2015 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 2008-2009 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] World Series.
Pyrasch (Staff Sergeant) got contracted by the German Army (Bundeswehr) 2010 to become a professional player in the Sports- Company to play Rugby 7s for Germany and to representing the German Army.
Honours
editClub
edit- German rugby union championship
- Champions: 2011-2015 15s / 7s
- Team of the Year 2011 HRK
- North-sea Cup 2012 Winners
- EPCR Cup Winners 2018
- German rugby union cup
- Winners: 2011
Stats
editRafael Pyrasch's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[4]
Club
editYear | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
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2008-09 | DSV 78/08 Ricklingen | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st — Promoted |
2009-10 | DSV 78 Hannover | Rugby-Bundesliga
EPCR CUP |
7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9th |
2010-2015 | Heidelberger RK | 17 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1st — Champions | |
2011-2018 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st — Champions |
- As of 11 May 2012
National team
editEuropean Nations Cup
editYear | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
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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 | 1st — Promoted |
Friendlies and other competitions
editYear | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
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2007 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 5 |
2008 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 0 |
2010 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 0 |
- As of 28 April 2013
References
edit- ^ 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[permanent dead link] IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010
- ^ Raphael Pyrasch profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 17 March 2010
External links
edit- Raphael Pyrasch at scrum.com
- (in German) Raphael Pyrasch at totalrugby.de
- (in German) Raphael Pyrasch at the DRV website