Boris Stankovich

For the FIBA head, see Borislav Stanković.

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	(1980-01-09) 9 January 1980 (age 45)
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 London Irish 6 (0) 2000–2005 SC Graulhet () 2004–2007 SC Albi 46 (0) 2007–2014 Leicester Tigers 119 (15) 2014–2016 NG Dragons 37 (0) 2016 Coventry RFC () International career Years Team Apps (Points) England U19 – England U21 Coaching career Years Team 2016- Coventry RFC 2017-2020 Leicester Tigers 2019 Canada Rugby World Cup 2021 Russia

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.^{[citation needed]}