Toby Flood and six other players who could have played for Germany instead

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His maternal grandfather was German actor Albert Lieven, who appeared in Due to his 60 England cap, the only way the fly-half can qualify for Germany is if he plays for the country in the 2020 Olympics sevens qualifiers, to be held in 2019.

Kvesic was born in Iserlohn, Germany, where his father was posted with the British Army. He is of Croatian descent on his father's side and Polish on his mother's. The flanker represented England at international level and played for several youth representative sides before making his debut for the senior team in 2013.

Born in Verden, Germany to an English mother and Scottish father, Dickson represented Scotland at the 2004 Under-19 World Cup before switching his international allegiance to England a year later and went onto win 18 caps. The scrum-halves older brother Karl Dickson is also a former professional rugby union player for Harlequins and England.

The back-rowers father was an officer in the Royal Air Force and was stationed at RAF Rheindahlen just outside Düsseldorf in Germany, where the scrum-half was born. On the international stage, he went onto win three England Saxons caps and eight England caps.

Although born in Aschaffenburg, Germany, the prop was raised in Doncaster and played his junior rugby at Doncaster Knights, before moving to Yorkshire Carnegie's academy, making his senior debut in 2014. On 17 April 2015 he joined Northampton Saints in 2015 and has since won six England caps.

Clegg was born on 6 January 1990 at the British Military Hospital in Hanover, Germany; his father was serving in the army. He had a steady career playing for Harlequins, Newcastle Falcons and many more while also winning caps for England Saxons.

The former England U20 and current Italy international was born in Rinteln, Germany in the British Military Hospital. The 27-year-old is of Italian descent and qualifies to play for Italy through his paternal grandparents and his father Carlo. His mother, Barbara, is English. However, he'd be able to play for Germany since he was born there.