This was a catalyst for Germany entering in 2006 in their first full international tournament the Central Europe Development Tri-Nations and then subsequently in the European Shield in 2007 and 2008.
In 2007 a State (Bundesland) of Origin style concept has also been introduced with two regional teams representing Bavaria and Central Germany.
The weekend of this game is also used to bring everyone together for a training session and for the Coach and selectors to see all players in one place and also to have a meeting.
Germany won both of their matches narrowly beating Austria in Bad Reichenhall in front of over 350 people.
They were beaten in Heidelberg by a strong Serbia side but recovered and beat a tough Czech Republic team in Prague by 22 points.
The first weekend of August each year is being set aside for a game against the Czech Republic, no matter if facing each other in a tournament or not.