RC Bystrc is a Czech

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 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 Brno

Brno

Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...

. As the name implies, they are based in the Bystrc

Bystrc

Bystrc is a district of the city of Brno. Former village on the banks of the Svratka river. The Brno Zoo and Brno reservoir are located there.Called also Bastr in local slang dialect Hantec.- External links :*...

 district of the city. They currently play in the KB Extraliga

KB Extraliga

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, having won the KB První Liga

KB První Liga

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 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

RC Dragon Brno

RC Dragon Brno is a Czech rugby club in Brno. They currently play in the KB Extraliga. They have also been involved in the Central & Eastern European Rugby Cup since its inception in 2008.-History:...

) and Slavia VŠ Brno.

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

Troubsko

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, before finally managing to secure their present home ground, the Sportovní areá Ondreje Sekory, at Bystrc.

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