RC Vyškov
Encyclopedia
RC Vyškov is a Czech
rugby
club in Vyškov. They currently play in the KB Extraliga
.
They undertook their first overseas tour to France in 1967.
The club won their first championship in 1974, beating Říčany
15-0 in the final. This turned out to be the start of a phenomenally successful era for the club, which saw them winning the next seven championship titles. The success of the senior team pretty much filtered through to the youth teams as well in those years.
In 1995 the club experienced tragedy when they lost one of their own. Jan Navrátil , former international prop and their coach at the time, rescued two men rendered unconscious from a resulting gas leak, while trying to repair some freezing equipment in the cellar of the clubhouse. Navrátil subsequently died from gas poisoning and was posthumously awarded a Fair Play Award by the Czech Olympic Committee. The club also named their home ground in his memory.
Czech Republic
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rugby
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
club in Vyškov. They currently play in the KB Extraliga
KB Extraliga
-Results:The scores in blue are links to accounts of finals on the site of the Czech Rugby Union - in Czech -Performance by club:-Regions:The following table lists the Czech rugby champions by region.-External links:*...
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History
The club was founded in 1952.They undertook their first overseas tour to France in 1967.
The club won their first championship in 1974, beating Říčany
RC Říčany
RC Říčany is a Czech rugby club based in Říčany. They currently play in the KB Extraliga. Since 2009 they also compete in the Central & Eastern European Rugby Cup along with fellow Czechs Dragon Brno.-History:...
15-0 in the final. This turned out to be the start of a phenomenally successful era for the club, which saw them winning the next seven championship titles. The success of the senior team pretty much filtered through to the youth teams as well in those years.
In 1995 the club experienced tragedy when they lost one of their own. Jan Navrátil , former international prop and their coach at the time, rescued two men rendered unconscious from a resulting gas leak, while trying to repair some freezing equipment in the cellar of the clubhouse. Navrátil subsequently died from gas poisoning and was posthumously awarded a Fair Play Award by the Czech Olympic Committee. The club also named their home ground in his memory.
Honours
- Czechoslovak Championships
- 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1991
- KB Extraliga
- 1993, 1994