Rudolf_Finsterer

Rudolf Finsterer

Rudolf Finsterer

Rugby player

Rudolf Finsterer (born 5 May 1951)[1] is a retired German international rugby union player and coach, formerly coaching the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and, until the 20 March 2010, the German national rugby union team.[2]

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Finsterer resigned from his position of coach of Germany at the end of the country's European Nation Cup campaign, after suffering defeat in every match and relegation.[3] He was bitterly disappointed about the relegation, considering his ten years in the position of coach of Germany wasted.[4] He was succeeded by Torsten Schippe as coach of Germany,[5] the very man he himself succeeded in 2001.[6]

Finsterer shared his duties as coach of Germany with Bruno Stolorz[7] from the RC Orléans. Stolorz was seconded to the German team by the Fédération française de rugby to improve Germany's performance in the sport.[8]

On club level, Finsterer coached the RG Heidelberg since 2002, with an interruption in the 2008-09 season.[9] At the end of the 2010-11 season, he retired from coaching and instead stepped into the role of a team manager with RG Heidelberg.[10]

Finsterer lives in Mannheim and, while coach of Germany, worked under the Bundestrainer Peter Ianusevici, who holds a position of director of rugby in Germany.[11][12]

Coaching honours

Club

National team

References

  1. [1]
    Rudolf Finsterer profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 8 March 2010
  2. [2]
    Germany FIRA-AER website, accessed: 8 March 2010
  3. [3]
    Rugby-Team steigt ab (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 20 March 2010
  4. [4]
    Deutschland steigt ab / Finsterer tritt zurück[permanent dead link] Rugby-Journal, published: 20 March 2010, accessed: 20 March 2010
  5. [5]
    Torsten Schippe wird Trainer des 15er-Nationalteams[permanent dead link] (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 11 July 2010, accessed: 26 July 2010
  6. [6]
    26.04.08 - der vorläufige Höhepunkt eines Abenteuers (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 17 May 2008, accessed: 26 July 2010
  7. [7]
    Spain set down marker Archived 2010-01-18 at the Wayback Machine rugbyworldcup.com, published: 16 November 2008, accessed: 8 March 2010
  8. [8]
    Mark Kuhlmann nicht mehr DRV-Nationaltrainer[permanent dead link] (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 9 March 2009, accessed: 25 February 2010
  9. [9]
    TotalRugby Wechselbörse (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 8 March 2010
  10. [10]
    TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 21 August 2011
  11. [11]
    Die Mitarbeiter des DRV Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine (in German) DRV website, accessed: 8 March 2010
  12. [12]
    Aussie backpacker's debut victory Fox Sports, published: 27 November 2007, accessed: 5 March 2010
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