The New Zealand-born loosehead prop has travelled an interesting road during his professional career.
Despite being born in the land of the long white cloud, he began his career as a hooker with London Irish. He also learnt his scrumming art through five seasons in France, where he helped Albi win promotion to the Top 14.
The powerful scrummager was another stalwart in the Leicester front row stocks.
Stankovich made more than 100 appearances for Tigers during seven years as a player in Leicester, and returned to the club midway through the 2016/17 season on a short-term contract before taking on a full-time role as scrum coach ahead of the 2017/18 campaign.
In 2017, following a restructure of the club’s coaching team, Stankovich returned after a brief stint with Coventry Rugby as a player/coach.
During his time as a member of the Tigers coaching team, Stankovich oversaw the club’s scrum programme at senior and academy levels.
In 2019, Stankovich was a member of Canada’s coaching team at the Rugby World Cup in Japan.
In October 2020, he left his scrum coach role at Tigers.
(LS October 19, 2020)
Career
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Albi Loosehead Prop |
2004 - 2007 |
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Leicester Tigers Loosehead Prop |
2007 - 2014 |
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Dragons RFC Loosehead Prop |
2014 - 2016 |
