Bruno Stolorz
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Bruno Stolorz is a former coach of the German national rugby union team.
He shared his duties as coach of Germany with Rudolf Finsterer
until the later resignation on 20 March 2010. Stolorz was seconded to the German team by the Fédération française de rugby to improve Germany's performance in the sport and is also a coach with French club team RC Orléans
, where he fulfills the position of a Conseiller sportif auprès. He took up his position with the German team in early 2008.
After the end of Germany's 2008-10 European Nation Cup campaign and Finsterers resignation the later stated that Stolorz would be the ideal candidate to coach Germany by himself. However, Stolorz was replaced with Torsten Schippe
in July 2010, with South African Jakobus Potgieter as Schippes assistant.
He shared his duties as coach of Germany with Rudolf Finsterer
Rudolf Finsterer
Rudolf Finsterer 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....
until the later resignation on 20 March 2010. Stolorz was seconded to the German team by the Fédération française de rugby to improve Germany's performance in the sport and is also a coach with French club team RC Orléans
RC Orléans
Rugby club Orléans is a semi-professional French rugby union team, from Orléans. They currently play at Fédérale 1.-German players:The club has recently provided a number of players for the Germany national rugby union team with Alexander Widiker and the brothers Guillaume and Matthieu Franke...
, where he fulfills the position of a Conseiller sportif auprès. He took up his position with the German team in early 2008.
After the end of Germany's 2008-10 European Nation Cup campaign and Finsterers resignation the later stated that Stolorz would be the ideal candidate to coach Germany by himself. However, Stolorz was replaced with Torsten Schippe
Torsten Schippe
Torsten Schippe is a retired German international rugby union player and, since August 2010, the coach of the German national rugby union team....
in July 2010, with South African Jakobus Potgieter as Schippes assistant.
National team
- European Nations CupEuropean Nations Cup (rugby union)The European Nations Cup is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The Championship is split into 7 divisions with 5 or 6 teams in each. The divisions play on a two-year cycle with the teams playing each other both home and away...
- Division 2- Champions: 20082006-2008 European Nations Cup Second DivisionThe 2006-2008 European Nations Cup Second Division will be contested over two years during which all teams meet each other home and away. The winner of Division 2A, Germany, will be promoted to Division 1 and fifth place,Netherlands, relegated to Division 2B...
- Champions: 2008