RC Bystrc is a Czech rugby club in Brno. As the name implies, they are based in the Bystrc district of the city. They currently play in the 1. Liga ragby XV, having won the 1. Liga ragby XV in 2008.

History

Rugby in the then Czechoslovakia was much affected following the nationwide restructuring of Physical Education and Sport in 1953. The Sokol Zbrojovka Brno club split in two, Spartak Zbrojovka Brno (now Dragon Brno) and Slavia VŠ Brno.

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The club played in the Řečkovice, Pisárky, Tuřany, and Kníničky areas of Brno as well as the town of Šlapanice and the village of Troubsko, before finally managing to secure their present home ground, the Sportovní areá Ondreje Sekory, at Bystrc.

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Honours

První KB Liga

2008

Historical names

1953 - 1959 Slavia VŠ Brno

1960 - 1975 Slavia VSŽ Brno

1976–1981 Ingstav Brno

1982–1999 Lokomotiva-Ingstav Brno

2000 – RC Bystrc

Current squad

Team Management

Head Coach: Pavel Vrána

Assistant Coach: Roman Bačík

Conditioning Coach: Karel Walter

External links

RC Bystrc

Rugby union teams in the Czech Republic

Sport in Brno

Rugby clubs established in 1953

1953 establishments in Czechoslovakia

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