Bruno Stolorz

Bruno Stolorz

Full name	Bruno Stolorz
Date of birth	6 February 1955
Rugby union career
Coaching career
Years	Club / team
???? 2008 - 2010	RC Orléans Germany

Bruno Stolorz (born 6 February 1955)^[1] is a former coach of the German national rugby union team.^[2]

He shared his duties as coach of Germany with Rudolf Finsterer until the later resignation on 20 March 2010.^[3] 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.^[4][5] He took up his position with the German team in early 2008.^[6]

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.^[3] However, Stolorz was replaced with Torsten Schippe in July 2010,^[7] with South African Jakobus Potgieter as Schippes assistant.^[8]

Coaching honours

National team

• European Nations Cup - Division 2
  • Champions: 2008

References

1. Bruno Stolorz profile at totalrugby.com (German) accessed: 15 March 2010
2. Spain set down marker rugbyworldcup.com, published: 16 November 2008, accessed: 15 March 2010
3. Deutschland steigt ab / Finsterer tritt zurück Rugby-Journal, published: 20 March 2010, accessed: 20 March 2010
4. Mark Kuhlmann nicht mehr DRV-Nationaltrainer (German) Rugby-Journal, published: 9 March 2009, accessed: 25 February 2010
5. Comité Directeur (French) RC Orléans website, accessed: 15 March 2010
6. Kader für Lehrgang in Heidelberg nominiert (German) scrum.de, published: 16 February 2008, accessed: 15 March 2010
7. Torsten Schippe wird Trainer des 15er-Nationalteams (German) Rugby-Journal, published: 11 July 2010, accessed: 26 July 2010
8. Kobus Potgieter neuer Co-Trainer der Nationalmannschaft (German) Rugby-Journal, published: 16 July 2010, accessed: 26 July 2010

External links

• (German) Bruno Stolorz at totalrugby.de