Rudolf Finsterer Explained

Rudolf Finsterer
Birth Name:Rudolf Finsterer
Birth Date:5 May 1951
Ru Position:-
Ru Ntupdate:8 March 2010
Coachteams3:RG Heidelberg
Coachyears1:2002 - 2008
Coachyears2:2001 - 2010
Coachyears3:2009 - 2011
Ru Coachupdate: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]

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showTeamstaff/p,6/pid,43/Itemid,250/ Rudolf Finsterer profile at totalrugby.de
  2. http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/article_detail.php?article=78&modeAf=tableauFormulaire Germany
  3. http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/2616/37/ Rugby-Team steigt ab
  4. http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/deutschland_steigt_ab_finsterer_tritt_zurueck/ Deutschland steigt ab / Finsterer tritt zurück
  5. http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/torsten_schippe_wird_trainer_des_15er-nationalteams/ Torsten Schippe wird Trainer des 15er-Nationalteams
  6. http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/255/37/ 26.04.08 - der vorläufige Höhepunkt eines Abenteuers
  7. http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/news/newsid=2027632.html Spain set down marker
  8. http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/mark_kuhlmann_nicht_mehr_drv-nationaltrainer/ Mark Kuhlmann nicht mehr DRV-Nationaltrainer
  9. http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/394/41/ TotalRugby Wechselbörse
  10. http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/3014/41/ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012
  11. http://www.rugby-verband.de/cms/index.php?id=12 Die Mitarbeiter des DRV
  12. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,22817888-23217,00.html Aussie backpacker's debut victory