Manuel Wilhelm plays rugby since 1986, first for RG Heidelberg, later he spent one season with league rival SC Neuenheim, before he went back to his club of origin RG Heidelberg. After his military service Wilhelm played one season for CAU Valencia in the first Spanish division, before returning to RG Heidelberg. He won two German championships (15s) with the later, in 2006 and 2007, five 7s-championships in 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009 and the German cup in 2004. He also plays beach rugby for The Romantics B.R.F.C..[2]
He was first called up for the German national team in 2000 but could not play because of injury and did not make his debut for Germany until 2003, in a game against Sweden.[3]
He is the founder of Germany's biggest rugby website, TotalRugby.de.[4]
In 2012, Wilhelm proposed a reform of the German league system which was approved at the Deutsche Rugby Tag, the annual general meeting of the DRV, in mid-July 2012. The new system will see the number of clubs in the Bundesliga increased from ten to 24, the league divided into four regional divisions of six clubs each and the finals series expanded from four to eight teams.[5][6]
Wilhelm's father is from Ghana while his mother is German.[3]
^Manuel Wilhelm profile at scrum.com accessed: 28 February 2010
^ abManuel Wilhelm profile totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 28 February 2010
^ abDeutschland vs. Schweden: Rugby-Nationalspieler Manuel Wilhelm im Porträt (in German) published: 3 April 2013, accessed: 27 April 2013
^Olympic rugby Expert opinions: Germany olympic-rugby.org, Interview with Manuel Wilhelm, accessed: 28 February 2010
^DRT 2012: Ligareform kommt / Vertrag mit DRV-Vermarkter wird überprüft (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 16 July 2012, accessed: 24 July 2012
^DRT (in German)DRV website, published: 16 July 2012, accessed: 24 July 2012
External linksedit
Manuel Wilhelm at scrum.com
(in German) Manuel Wilhelm at totalrugby.de
December 07, 2023
manuel, wilhelm, born, december, 1980, ludwigsburg, german, international, rugby, union, player, playing, heidelberg, rugby, bundesliga, german, national, rugby, union, team, birth, namedate, birth, 1980, december, 1980, place, birthludwigsburg, germanyheight1. Manuel Wilhelm born 15 December 1980 in Ludwigsburg 1 is a German international rugby union player playing for the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team Manuel WilhelmBirth nameManuel WilhelmDate of birth 1980 12 15 15 December 1980 age 42 Place of birthLudwigsburg GermanyHeight1 92 m 6 ft 4 in Weight108 kg 17 st 0 lb Rugby union careerPosition s Number 8 LockSenior careerYearsTeamApps Points RGH SCN Valencia RGH Correct as of 21 March 2010International careerYearsTeamApps Points 2003 2014Germany4620Correct as of 4 December 2013Manuel Wilhelm plays rugby since 1986 first for RG Heidelberg later he spent one season with league rival SC Neuenheim before he went back to his club of origin RG Heidelberg After his military service Wilhelm played one season for CAU Valencia in the first Spanish division before returning to RG Heidelberg He won two German championships 15s with the later in 2006 and 2007 five 7s championships in 1998 1999 2003 2005 2009 and the German cup in 2004 He also plays beach rugby for The Romantics B R F C 2 He was first called up for the German national team in 2000 but could not play because of injury and did not make his debut for Germany until 2003 in a game against Sweden 3 He is the founder of Germany s biggest rugby website TotalRugby de 4 In 2012 Wilhelm proposed a reform of the German league system which was approved at the Deutsche Rugby Tag the annual general meeting of the DRV in mid July 2012 The new system will see the number of clubs in the Bundesliga increased from ten to 24 the league divided into four regional divisions of six clubs each and the finals series expanded from four to eight teams 5 6 Wilhelm s father is from Ghana while his mother is German 3 Contents 1 Honours 1 1 Club 1 2 National team 2 Stats 2 1 Club 2 2 National team 2 2 1 European Nations Cup 2 2 2 Friendlies amp other competitions 3 References 4 External linksHonours editClub edit German rugby union championship Champions 2006 2007 Runners up 1999 2001 2002 2008 German rugby union cup Winners 2004National team edit European Nations Cup Division 2 Champions 2008Stats editManuel Wilhelm s personal statistics in club and international rugby 2 Club edit Year Club Division Games Tries Con Pen DG Place2007 08 RG Heidelberg Rugby Bundesliga 13 2 0 0 0 2nd Runners up2008 09 13 4 0 0 0 5th2009 10 14 5 0 0 0 2nd Semi finals2010 11 7 0 0 0 0 4th Semi finals2011 12 12 0 0 0 0 6th2012 13 4th Semi finals2013 14As of 4 December 2013National team edit European Nations Cup edit Year Team Competition Games Points Place2006 2008 Germany European Nations Cup Second Division 7 0 Champions2008 2010 Germany European Nations Cup First Division 10 0 6th Relegated2010 2012 Germany European Nations Cup Division 1B 1 0 4th2012 2014 Germany European Nations Cup Division 1B 7 15 ongoingFriendlies amp other competitions edit Year Team Competition Games Points2008 Germany Friendly 1 02009 1 0As of 4 December 2013References edit Manuel Wilhelm profile at scrum com accessed 28 February 2010 a b Manuel Wilhelm profile totalrugby de in German accessed 28 February 2010 a b Deutschland vs Schweden Rugby Nationalspieler Manuel Wilhelm im Portrat in German published 3 April 2013 accessed 27 April 2013 Olympic rugby Expert opinions Germany olympic rugby org Interview with Manuel Wilhelm accessed 28 February 2010 DRT 2012 Ligareform kommt Vertrag mit DRV Vermarkter wird uberpruft in German totalrugby de published 16 July 2012 accessed 24 July 2012 DRT in German DRV website published 16 July 2012 accessed 24 July 2012External links editManuel Wilhelm at scrum com in German Manuel Wilhelm at totalrugby de Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Manuel Wilhelm amp oldid 1173944959, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
