Alexander Pipa (born 12 June 1983)Alexander Pipa profile at scrum.com accessed: March 2010 is a retired German international rugby union player, playing for the TSV Handschuhsheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.
He was born in Heidelberg, and has been playing rugby since 1996.Alexander Pipa profile at totalrugby.de accessed: March 2010
Pipa has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2008 and 2009 Hannover SevensGermany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010 and the 2009 London Sevens.Germany ready to take on world's best IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010 He was also part of the German Sevens side at the World Games 2005 in Duisburg,Alexander Pipa at the Worldgames 2005 website, accessed: 5 March 2010 where Germany finished 8th.Rugby: Fiji assure gold medal in final seconds World Games website, accessed: 27 January 2009
In the 2008–09 and 2009-10 seasons, Pipa was the top try scorer in the Bundesliga with 22 tries in each season. After the 2010-11 season, Pipa retired from the sport to concentrate on his private life and his job career.TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 totalrugby.de, accessed: 21 August 2011
Honours
Club German rugby union championship Runners up: 2005 German rugby union cup Winners: 2005
National team European Nations Cup - Division 2 Champions: 2008
Personal Rugby-Bundesliga Top try scorer: 2008-09, 2009–10
Stats Alexander Pipa's personal statistics in club and international rugby:
Club Year Club Division Games Tries Con Pen DG Place 2008-09 TSV Handschuhsheim Rugby-Bundesliga 13 22 0 0 0 6th 2009-10 18 22 0 0 0 4th — Semi-finals 2010-11 15 12 0 0 0 3rd — Semi-finals As of 21 August 2011
National team
European Nations Cup Year Team Competition Games Points Place 2006-2008 Germany European Nations Cup Second Division 2 0 Champions 2008-2010 Germany European Nations Cup First Division 3 0 6th — Relegated
Friendlies & other competitions Year Team Competition Games Points 2007 Germany Friendly 1 5 2009 1 5 As of 21 March 2010
References
External links Alexander Pipa at scrum.com Alexander Pipa at totalrugby.de