Rugby League

There are four offical Rugby League Clubs in Germany:

Bad Reichenhall [1]
München RLFC ( simoncooper@t-online.de ) 01754222970
Heidelberg Sharks ( rotkailen@arcor.de )
Frankfurt

There are now eight German Schools that are playing Rugby League. Uwe Jansen from Heidelberg is the National Trainer while Leo Berngruber is the current Captain of the side and is from Bad Bad Reichenhall.Heidelberg Sharks also have a Junior setup as well as an adult team. Should you wish to know more about the game then contact Leo Berngruber on leonhardberngruber@hotmail.com

History

Although the game was formed in 1895 its only since 2005 that Rugby League is in Germany. München RLFC played in the first ever German domestic game going down 72-64 in Heidelberg in a 9 a side game on 23 July 2005. A 9 a side Alpines

Latest results

German National Team Results:

25.06.06 Germany 34 v 32 Austria in Bad Reichenhall
23.07.06 Estonia v Germany Development in Tallinn

Top scoring individuals

Top Try Scorers for the National Team

2-Simon Cooper
2-Mike Kerr
2-Michael Glaser

Top Goal Kicker for National Team

5-Olivier Kessler

Where to watch televised matches

To watch live Rugby League on the Television from Australia and Europein Munich its best to visit the following:

The Arc, Schraudolphstr, Schwabing
The Shamrock, Trautenwolfstr, Schwabing

Basic rules of 13-a-side Rugby League

2 teams of 13 with 4 on the bench
game lasts 2 x 40 Minutes
1 Referee and 2 linesmen tho many amateur games have no linesmaen
Try- Placing the ball over the opponents line is worth 4 points
Conversion- Kicking the ball through the "H" after a try scored is 2 points
Goal-Team can elect to kick for goal from a penalty and if successful 2 Points
Field Goal- Team can elect to drop kick the ball through the "H" is 1 Point
No passing forward
Player drops the ball and goes forward its a scrum where the 6 Forwards from each team come together and push for the ball tho scrums are usually uncontested.
Tackle a player by hands only bringing him to the ground
No tackles above the shoulder
Can Body Check but only player with the ball
The defending team MUST get back 10 Metres tho 2 markers must stand square at the play the ball

External links

[2]German Rugby League,
[3] European Rugby League,
[4] NRL from Australia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_league_in_Germany

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