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| Date of birth | 5 May 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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
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German rugby union championship
- Champions: 2006, 2007
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German rugby union cup
- Winner: 2004
- Runners up: 2006, 2007, 2008
National team
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European Nations Cup - Division 2
- Champions: 2008
References
- ^ Rudolf Finsterer profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 8 March 2010
- ^ Germany FIRA-AER website, accessed: 8 March 2010
- ^ Rugby-Team steigt ab (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 20 March 2010
- ^ Deutschland steigt ab / Finsterer tritt zurück[ permanent dead link] Rugby-Journal, published: 20 March 2010, accessed: 20 March 2010
- ^ Torsten Schippe wird Trainer des 15er-Nationalteams[ permanent dead link] (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 11 July 2010, accessed: 26 July 2010
- ^ 26.04.08 - der vorläufige Höhepunkt eines Abenteuers (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 17 May 2008, accessed: 26 July 2010
- ^ Spain set down marker Archived 2010-01-18 at the Wayback Machine rugbyworldcup.com, published: 16 November 2008, accessed: 8 March 2010
- ^ Mark Kuhlmann nicht mehr DRV-Nationaltrainer[ permanent dead link] (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 9 March 2009, accessed: 25 February 2010
- ^ TotalRugby Wechselbörse (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 8 March 2010
- ^ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 21 August 2011
- ^ Die Mitarbeiter des DRV Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine (in German) DRV website, accessed: 8 March 2010
- ^ Aussie backpacker's debut victory Fox Sports, published: 27 November 2007, accessed: 5 March 2010
External links
- (in German) Rudolf Finsterer at totalrugby.de
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| Date of birth | 5 May 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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
-
German rugby union championship
- Champions: 2006, 2007
-
German rugby union cup
- Winner: 2004
- Runners up: 2006, 2007, 2008
National team
-
European Nations Cup - Division 2
- Champions: 2008
References
- ^ Rudolf Finsterer profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 8 March 2010
- ^ Germany FIRA-AER website, accessed: 8 March 2010
- ^ Rugby-Team steigt ab (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 20 March 2010
- ^ Deutschland steigt ab / Finsterer tritt zurück[ permanent dead link] Rugby-Journal, published: 20 March 2010, accessed: 20 March 2010
- ^ Torsten Schippe wird Trainer des 15er-Nationalteams[ permanent dead link] (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 11 July 2010, accessed: 26 July 2010
- ^ 26.04.08 - der vorläufige Höhepunkt eines Abenteuers (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 17 May 2008, accessed: 26 July 2010
- ^ Spain set down marker Archived 2010-01-18 at the Wayback Machine rugbyworldcup.com, published: 16 November 2008, accessed: 8 March 2010
- ^ Mark Kuhlmann nicht mehr DRV-Nationaltrainer[ permanent dead link] (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 9 March 2009, accessed: 25 February 2010
- ^ TotalRugby Wechselbörse (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 8 March 2010
- ^ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 21 August 2011
- ^ Die Mitarbeiter des DRV Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine (in German) DRV website, accessed: 8 March 2010
- ^ Aussie backpacker's debut victory Fox Sports, published: 27 November 2007, accessed: 5 March 2010
External links
- (in German) Rudolf Finsterer at totalrugby.de