In Europe rugby is dominated by the six nations members with teams like Georgia only recently receiving international recognition. The sport is not as popular in most other European countries being bested by football, basketball ect. Countries such as Germany are developing in rugby and maybe in the future could be a contender for major international championships.
A German Rugby Union team was founded in 1927 and played frequent matches against the likes of France and Italy. The team was devastated during world war 2 and never truly got back to their old strength. After the cold war and Germany reunifying they joined Rugby Europe the Admin body for rugby in the Europe.
They currently play in the trophy division which is the second tier tournament after the six nations, they play teams such as Portugal, Spain, Belgium and Romania.
Germany's declared aim was originally to qualify for the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England, but then lowered this ambition to the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, which it also failed to qualify for. The national side is ranked 31st in the world as of 2022 .
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