Rugby in Germany

Germany's u17 Boys head to Dakar in November to play in the Youth Olympics.

The 18 players named above will travel to Heidelberg next weekend to train and look to earn a place in the final squad.

Congratulations to all nominated players and good luck!

With the revamped WXV getting underway next month, World Rugby has announced the offiating teams who will take charge of the Global Series games.

Congratulations to Maria Latos, who has been appointed as an Assistant Referee for South Africa's games in Italy & Spain.

Ahead of this weekend's opening round of the Ascent Rugby Series, Tomy Capurro has been confirmed as Head Coach of Vanguard.

He has also been named as coach of the u20 Men's National Team, where he will work with Adriano Nicita.

Hailing from Argentina, Tomy will be known to fans of the Bundesliga through his work Hamburger Rugby-Club - where he has been Head Coach since 2023. He will also now bring his experience of working as a youth coach to help the development of younger players and ensure a pathway from the youth to senior international squads.

Congratulations, Tomy!

The full field of qualifiers for the Rugby Sevens at the 2026 Youth Olympics has been confirmed.

The 8 teams shown above will compete for the title of Youth Olympic Champions.

According to an article published by the Asian Rugby Federation on their official site, Germany's Boys will meet hosts Senegal, South Africa and Canada in the group stages.

Samoa, France, Japan and Argentina make up Group B.

The German Olympic Association will name the German squad next month.

Rugby Baden-Württemberg have announced a new competition for 2026/27 - the RBW Verbandsliga.

Designed to give clubs and players more opportunities to play, by the initial entry deadline, the following six clubs have declared for the season.

Second teams from Freiburger RC, RC Rottweil, HRK & Neuenheim will be joined by TB Neckarhausen & SU Neckarsulm.



The league will be played as a series of tournaments with 3 played in autumn and another 3 in spring.

The preliminary schedule for autumn is above. Hosts will be confirmed in due course, but each tournament is due to be played on a Saturday and run between 11:00 & 17:00.

With the conclusion of the Sevens Championship at Die Finals & the final round of the BundesLeague, the 2025/26 rugby season is officially over.

To celebrate, here is the full list of teams who won a trophy/league last season.

The season may have drawn to a close now, but have no fear, the 2026/27 season starts in just over 3 weeks time!

Congratulations to all the teams!

HISTORY IS MADE!

The Rugby Europe Sevens Championships came to a close today and the Women made history for the second tournament in a row.

After an all tike high finish of 5th in Hamburg, they went one better in Split and made the semi finals for the first time in history. What an achievement! Their 4th place in Split was enough for them to finish 6th in the overall standings.

Coming into Split, the Men knew they had a chance to take the European Championships following their victory in Hamburg. Unfortunately, that dream came to a close in a tight quarter-final defeat by Italy. Their 7th place finish means they slipped to 4th in the overall standing.

Time, at last, for the players to enjoy a summer break!

The Ascent Rugby Series kicks off on 22. August with the first festival hosted by SC Frankfurt 1880.

Interested in knowing more? Rugbypass.com has published an article today giving some more insight into the new competition.

You can read the article here:

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/new-european-club-competition-set-to-launch-next-month/

The u18 European Sevens Championships took place this weekend and Germany competed in both the Boys and Girls competition.

After winning their pool with 3 wins, the Boys team had a tougher final day, losing to an impressive Spanish team before the hosts, Czechia pipped them to 3. Place. Given the team was the youngest of all those competing, there may a chance for this squad to go further in future.

For the Girls, great wins over Romania and Poland saw them have the chance of securing their pre-tournament target of 5. Place. Unfortunately, injuries caught up with team as Türkiye beat them in the play-off but there were some very positive signs especially after losing the opening 2 matches.

France were crowned Champions in both competitions.

It's also the u18 Women's European Championships in Ricany in July and here is the squad that will represent Germany.

Congratulations to all nominated players and good luck in Czechia!