RC Orléans
Rugby club Orléans is a semi-professional French rugby union team, from Orléans. They currently play at Fédérale 1.
| Full name | Rugby Club Orléans |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1966 |
| Location | Orléans, France |
| Ground(s) | Stade Marcel-Garcin (Capacity: 1740) |
| President | Marc Dumas and Philippe Dal Molin |
| Coach(es) |  Frédéric Austrui |
| League(s) | Fédérale 1 |
German players
The club has recently provided a number of players for the Germany national rugby union team with Alexander Widiker and the brothers Guillaume and Matthieu Franke.[1] Additionally, Frenchman Bruno Stolorz, a coach with the club, is also one of the two German coaches.[2] Stolorz is provided to the German team by the Fédération française de rugby to improve Germany's performance in the sport.[3] With Gilles Pagnon, another RCO player made his debut for Germany against Russia on 13 March 2010.[4]
Clemens von Grumbkow, another German international, left the club in 2009 to join Rugby Club I Cavalieri Prato.[5] In 2011, Olivier Galli was selected from the club to represent Germany.
References
- Bruder-Tausch vor Georgien-Spiel: Franke für Franke (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 3 February 2010, accessed: 22 February 2010
- Bruno Stolorz glaubt an Deutschland (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 5 February 2010, accessed: 22 February 2010
- Mark Kuhlmann nicht mehr DRV-Nationaltrainer (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 9 March 2009, accessed: 25 February 2010
- EM-Division 1: DRV-Kader für Spiel in Russland (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 4 March 2010, accessed: 19 March 2010
- VON GRUMBKOW CLEMENS Archived 2009-12-31 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian) Rugby Club I Cavalieri Prato website, accessed: 23 February 2010