Mark Schulze

Mark Schulze
Place of birth Natal Province, South Africa
School Deutsche Schule Hermannsburg
University University of Natal
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Scrum-half
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
1989-1993
1994-1995
1996-1997
1999		 South Africa Natal University
South Africa Old Boys (Durban)
Germany TSV Victoria Linden
Germany RG Heidelberg
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1997-1998 United Kingdom LondonScottish
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1992-1994
1995-1996		 South Africa Natal
United Kingdom PSW		 Duikers/B
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1996–2000 Germany
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
1996–2000 Germany

Mark Schulze was a South African-born German international rugby player who played for both the Germany national rugby union team, which he captained on occasion,[1] and Germany Sevens team[2] from 1996 to 2000.[1]

Schulze attended the German School in Hermannsburg, KwaZulu-Natal[3] and Natal University.[4] He was a member of various Natal squads before transferring to TSV Victoria Linden in Hanover, with whom he reached the finals of the 1996 and 1997 German Championships.[5] He later spent a season with RG Heidelberg with whom he reached the finals of the 1999 German Championship.[1]

Schulze represented Germany in the FIRA Tournament from 1996 to 2000,[1] Rugby World Cup qualification matches[1] and in the European Nations Cup.

He was also a member of the Germany Sevens team, which reached the Plate Final of the 1997 Punta Del Este Sevens,[6] won the Bowl Final of the 1997 Paris Sevens,[7] and contested the Bowl Final of the 2000 IRB World Sevens tournament in Punta del Este.

He retired from rugby after the German Rugby Federation Centenary Match against the Barbarians in 2000.

Honours

Club

Germany Sevens Team

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 100 Jahre Deutsche Rugby-Verband, Claus-Peter Bach, 2000
  2. ↑ RP ONLINE. "Qualifikations-Turnier in Heidelberg: Rugby: Nationalmannschaft hofft auf WM-Endrunde". RP ONLINE.
  3. ↑ "The history of school rugby – Deutsche Schule Hermannsburg". theseflippingtimes.com.
  4. ↑ http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global%5B_id%5D=55038
  5. ↑ "TSV Victoria Linden e.V. - Rugby". victoria-linden.de.
  6. ↑ 10 anos de Seven en Punta del Este, Pedro Bordaberry, British Schools Old Boys Club, 1999
  7. ↑ Champagne Rugby, John Blondin, The National Publishing Group Pty Limited, 1997, ISBN 0646340387

References

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