The national rugby union team of the former East Germany played its first rugby international in 1951 against Romania. It never played in a Rugby World Cup, not being invited to the inaugural 1987 edition, the only one held while East Germany was in existence. The team played its last match in 1990, before merging with the West German rugby union team to form a single team representing all of Germany. In its 40-year history, the East German team never played its West German counterpart in a rugby test match.

This is a list of games played by the East German team against other nations.

Internationals This list is most likely incomplete.

Overview

1950s Date Location Opposition Result Tournament 21 October 1951 Bucharest 26-64 Friendly 11 May 1952 Berlin 11-46 Friendly 14 May 1952 Hennigsdorf 3-34 Friendly 12 May 1954 Gottwaldov 6-26 Friendly 15 May 1954 Kladno 11-44 Friendly 14 October 1958 Brandenburg 5-5 Friendly 1958 Brussels 32-6 Friendly 1958 Warsaw 11-3 Friendly 19 May 1959 Bucharest 6-21 Victory Cup 21 May 1959 Bucharest 0-22 Victory Cup 27 September 1959 Bucharest 6-38 Friendly

1960s Date Location Opposition Result Tournament 22 April 1960 Zwickau 0-9 Friendly 14 May 1960 Pirna 0-5 Victory Cup 24 May 1961 Prague 0-8 Peace Cup 26 May 1961 Brno 0-33 Peace Cup 27 May 1961 Brno 3-0 Peace Cup 5 November 1961 Bucharest 0-27 Friendly 25 May 1962 Siedlice 5-28 Peace Cup 22 May 1963 Bârlad 0-15 Peace Cup 24 May 1964 Görlitz 6-28 Peace Cup 15 August 1964 Malmö 15-13 Friendly 16 August 1964 Malmö 28-0 Friendly 1964 Malmö 6-6 Friendly 3 October 1965 Zehdenick 18-5 Friendly

1970s Date Location Opposition Result Tournament 1971 Grimma 6-27 Friendly 27 October 1972 Rostock 20-12 Friendly 20 April 1973 Berlin 22-12 Friendly 23 June 1973 Šumperk 6-44 Friendly 1973 Dresden 0-16 Friendly 18 September 1974 Albena 0-49 Akena Trophy 13 October 1974 Potsdam 6-16 Friendly 1975 Berlin 6-27 Friendly 13 June 1976 Prague 0-54 Friendly 1976 Potsdam 6-0 Friendly 1978 Varna 0-10 Friendly 1978 Varna 3-46 Friendly 1978 Varna 11-15 Friendly 1979 Nesebar 5-14 Friendly 1979 Nesebar 0-60 Friendly 1979 Nesebar 12-32 Friendly 1979 Magdeburg 8-7 Friendly

1980s Date Location Opposition Result Tournament 1980 Rathenow 8-4 Friendly 1980 Brandenburg 10-7 Friendly 1982 Leipzig 6-4 Friendly 1983 Varna 6-19 Friendly 1983 Varna 3-30 Friendly 6 May 1984 Varna 3-51 Friendly 1984 Werder 12-6 Friendly 1984 Falkensee 9-6 Friendly 1986 Sozopol 0-16 Friendly 1986 Sozopol 6-15 Friendly 1987 Cottbus 14-6 Friendly 1988 Sofia 0-3 Friendly 1988 Starogard 3-22 Friendly 16 June 1988 3-56 Friendly 1989 Falkensee 10-3 Friendly 1989 Leipzig 0-44 Friendly

1990s Date Location Opposition Result Tournament 1 July 1990 Érd 7-3 Friendly 15 September 1990 Luxembourg 9-17 Friendly

East German wins in bold. Locations of East German home games in bold.

Record of international matches

See also List of Germany national rugby union team results

Sources East Germany international rugby results at rugbyinternational.net East Germany results at the IRB website

External links Deutscher Rugby-Verband - Official Site Totalrugby.de German rugby website with news and results Germany at RugbyData.com Statistics and results

References