Mark Kuhlmann (born 18 August 1969) is a retired German international rugby union player, having played for the DRC Hannover in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He captained Germany for a lengthy period of time during his career in the national team.[2] He is, behind Horst Kemmling, Germany's second-most capped rugby player.[3]
| Birth name | Mark Kuhlmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 August 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kuhlmann was, from 2008 to 2012,[4] the coach of SC Neuenheim.[5] Before joining Neuenheim in 2008, Kuhlmann had spent his entire coaching and playing career with the DRC Hannover,[6] in an era when DRC took out six German championships and three national cup wins.
In March 2009, Kuhlmann stepped down as joint coach of Germany after three and a half years in office, while the other two coaches Rudolf Finsterer and Bruno Stolorz, remained in the job.[7]
After not having played in 2008-09, he made one appearance for SCN in the 2009-10 Bundesliga season. Kuhlmann indicated that the 2011-12 season would be his last as coach of SCN,[8] is contract not being extended at the end of the season.[9]
Honours
editClub
edit- German rugby union championship
- Champions: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005
- Runners up: 2003, 2004
- German rugby union cup
- Winner: 2002, 2003, 2006
- Runners up: 1997, 2004, 2005
- German sevens championship
- Runners up: 1999
Stats
editMark Kuhlmann's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[10]
Club
edit| Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | SC Neuenheim | Rugby-Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th |
- As of 18 May 2010
References
edit- ^ Trainerwechsel beim TSV Handschuhsheim (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 18 June 2019, accessed: 24 June 2019
- ^ 26.04.08 - der vorläufige Höhepunkt eines Abenteuers (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 17 May 2008, accessed: 22 March 2010
- ^ Rugby im Sportmagazin kicker (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 18 November 2008, accessed: 22 March 2010
- ^ Vorschau 1. Bundesliga - 1. Spieltag 2008/2009 (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 28 August 2008, accessed: 22 March 2010
- ^ Mark Kuhlmann profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 22 March 2010
- ^ TotalRugby Vorschau 1. Bundesliga - 9. Spieltag 2008/2009 (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 20 November 2008, accessed: 22 March 2010
- ^ Mark Kuhlmann nicht mehr DRV-Nationaltrainer[permanent dead link] (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 9 March 2009, accessed: 25 February 2010
- ^ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 26 August 2011
- ^ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2012/2013 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 25 June 2012
- ^ Mark Kuhlmann player profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 1 April 2010
External links
edit- (in German) Mark Kuhlmann at totalrugby.de