Rugby club Orléans is a semi-professional French rugby union team, from Orléans

Orléans

-Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...

. They currently play at Fédérale 1

Fédérale 1

Le championnat de France de première division fédérale, a.k.a. Fédérale 1, is a French rugby union club competition, the highest level of amateur rugby. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby since 2000, when it replaced the B2 Group...

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German players

The club has recently provided a number of players for the Germany national rugby union team

Germany national rugby union team

Germany is a third-tier Rugby Union playing nation. Germany currently plays at the second level of European rugby but has never managed to qualify for the Rugby World Cup...

 with Alexander Widiker

Alexander Widiker

Alexander Widiker is a German international rugby union player, playing for Heidelberger RK in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team....

 and the brothers Guillaume

Guillaume Franke

Guillaume Franke is a German international rugby union player, playing for RC Orléans in the Fédérale 1 and the German national rugby union team...

 and Matthieu Franke

Matthieu Franke

Matthieu Franke is a German international rugby union player, playing for RC Orléans in the Fédérale 1 and the German national rugby union team...

. Additionally, Frenchman Bruno Stolorz

Bruno Stolorz

Bruno Stolorz is a former coach of the German national rugby union team.He shared his duties as coach of Germany with Rudolf Finsterer until the later resignation on 20 March 2010...

, a coach with the club, is also one of the two German coaches. Stolorz is provided to the German team by the Fédération française de rugby to improve Germany's performance in the sport. With Gilles Pagnon

Gilles Pagnon

Gilles Pagnon is a German international rugby union player, playing for RC Orléans in the Fédérale 1 and the German national rugby union team.He made his debut for Germany on 13 March 2010 against Russia....

, another RCO player made his debut for Germany against Russia on 13 March 2010.

Clemens von Grumbkow

Clemens von Grumbkow

Clemens von Grumbkow is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Rugby Club I Cavalieri Prato in the Italian Super 10.-Biography:...

, another German international, left the club in 2009 to join Rugby Club I Cavalieri Prato

Rugby Club I Cavalieri Prato

Rugby Club I Cavalieri is a rugby union team from the city of Prato, Italy. They play in the 2010-11 version of the Super 10 having been classified 5th in the 09-10 Super 10 just missing out on the play-off.-History:...

. In 2011, Olivier Galli was selected from the club to represent Germany.