The Italian Rugby Federation, because of club's successful past, allowed them to restart from 3rd division.
The German Rugby Federation was set up in 1900.
The German Rugby Federation has, as of 2012, 110 member clubs and 11,254 members.
The Dutch Rugby Federation has 8,000 registered players (in 2007).
After finishing his player career, he was federal counselor for the Italian Rugby Federation, from 2004 to 2008.
Liechtenstein has no national governing body of its own, but comes under the Swiss Rugby Federation.
From 2003 to 2005, he held the chairmanship of Andorra's Rugby Federation.
Galicia has a long established Rugby Federation that organises its own women's, children's and men's leagues.
Fricke was also the first chairman of the German Rugby Federation.
However, he was dismissed in a surprise move by the leadership of the German Rugby Federation despite achieving good results.
