Guillaume Franke

Guillaume Franke
Birth nameGuillaume Franke
Date of birth (1987-10-27) 27 October 1987 (age 37)
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
RC Orléans 54 (210)
Correct as of 30 April 2012
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010 - present Germany 3 (8)
Correct as of 8 April 2012

Guillaume Franke (born 27 October 1987) is a German international rugby union player, playing for RC Orléans in the Fédérale 1 and the German national rugby union team. He is the brother of Matthieu Franke, who has also played for Germany.[1]

Franke made his debut for Germany against Georgia on 7 February 2010, replacing his brother after he had to withdraw with a knee injury.[1]

Franke's club, RC Orléans, provided, in the past, a number of players to the German team, including him, his brother, Clemens von Grumbkow and Alexander Widiker.[2]

  1. ^ a b Big opportunities in ENC Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine rugbyrugby.com. published: 4 February 2010, accessed: 1 March 2010
  2. ^ DRV-Stürmer Alexander Widiker verlängert in Orléans (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 5 June 2009, accessed: 27 February 2010