Rudolf Finsterer

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Rudolf Finsterer
Birth nameRudolf Finsterer
Date of birth (1951-05-05) 5 May 1951 (age 73)
Rugby union career
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International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Germany
Correct as of 8 March 2010
Coaching career
YearsTeam
2002 - 2008 RG Heidelberg
2001 - 2010 Germany
2009 - 2011 RG Heidelberg
Correct as of 8 March 2010

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

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References

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