Boris Stankovich

Boris Stankovich (born 9 January 1980, in New Zealand), is a rugby union coach and former player who played for Leicester Tigers and Newport Gwent Dragons. He was most recently the scrum coach at Leicester where he spent the most of his career.[1]

Boris Stankovich

Birth name	Boris Stankovich
Date of birth	January 9, 1980
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
School	Kelston Boys High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loosehead prop Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1999–2000 2000–2005 2004–2007 2007–2014 2014–2016 2016 London Irish SC Graulhet SC Albi Leicester Tigers NG Dragons Coventry RFC 6 46 119 37 (0) (0) (15) (0) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) England U19 England U21 Teams coached Years Team 2016- 2017-2020 Coventry RFC Leicester Tigers

While born in New Zealand, Stankovich was capped for England at under-19 and under-21 level.

Early career

Stankovich was educated at Kelston Boys High School, Auckland and played Rugby for the school's First XV alongside Peter Koloi and Vinnie "Kelston Smashing Machine" McClafferty . He was also Head boy in his final year at school.[2] He began his career playing for London Irish before moving to France where he won promotion with SC Albi to the Top 14 in 2006. Initially he played at hooker before moving to prop.[3]

Leicester Tigers

He moved to Leicester Tigers in 2007 and made his debut against Bristol in the first match of the 2007/08 season. During his time at Leicester, the club have won three Premiership titles and the Anglo-Welsh Cup in 2012,[4] though he only featured in one of the victorious Premiership finals (2010).[5]

Stankovich returned to the club as an interim scrum coach for the 2016/2017 season, following the departure of Richard Cockerill from the Director of Rugby role.[6] He became the permanent scrum coach soon after and stayed until leaving in October 2020.[7]

Newport Gwent Dragons

In May 2014 Stankovich joined Newport Gwent Dragons. He was released in 2016.

References

1. "Leicester Tigers Senior Squad - Boris Stankovich". web page. Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
2. Kelston Boys High School Honours Board (Retrieved 5 May2014)
3. "Cardiff RFC - Boris Stankovich". web page. Cardiff RFC. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
4. "Leicester Tigers Roll of Honour". web page. Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
5. "Leicester 33-27 Saracens". BBC. 29 May 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
6. "Coventry RFC's Boris Stankovich becomes Leicester Tigers' Richard Cockerill scrum stand-in". web page. Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
7. "Stankovich joins the Leicester exodus". Rugbypass. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.

External links

• Leicester Tigers profile