Raphael Pyrasch

Rafael Pyrasch
Rafael Pyrasch in 2014
Birth nameRafael Pyrasch
Date of birth (1986-08-06) 6 August 1986 (age 38)
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
- 2010
2010 - present
DSV 78
HRK
?
92
(?
(125))
Correct as of 11 May 2012
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007 - Germany 28 (35)
Correct as of 27 August 2018
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
Germany 7s
24

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.

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.

  1. ^ Raphael Pyrasch profile at scrum.com accessed: 17 March 2010
  2. ^ Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens (in German) Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010
  3. ^ Germany ready to take on world's best[permanent dead link] IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010