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2007–08 Belgian Elite League
The 2007–08 Belgian Elite League pitted eight Belgian rugby teams. Competition began on 23 September 2007 and ended with the final game on 17 May 2008 at the King Baudouin Stadium. The Boitsfort Rugby Club Boitsfort Rugby Club is a Belgian rugby union club currently competing in the Belgian Elite League. The club is based in Brussels suburb of Boitsfort in the Brussels Capital Region. The official colours of the club are blue and white. History T ... won the championship by beating ASUB Waterloo in the final of the playoffs by the score of 27-7. This is the eighth consecutive title for Boitsfort and fifteenth in its history. Season table : Championship playoffs External links Belgian Rugby Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:Belgian 2007–08 2007–08 in European rugby union leagues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boitsfort Rugby Union
Watermael-Boitsfort () or Watermaal-Bosvoorde () is a residential suburb of the city of Brussels in Belgium, and one of the 19 municipalities which form the Brussels-Capital Region. The municipality has a total area of of which 58 percent is covered by the Sonian Forest (''Forêt de Soignes'' or ''Zoniënwoud''). It borders the municipalities of Uccle, Auderghem and Ixelles as well as the province of Flemish Brabant. In 2006 the municipality had a total population of 24,056. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch). History The modern-day municipality of Watermael-Boitsfort was originally two separate settlements located on a plain between the two small rivers of Woluwe and Watermaelbeek to the north of the Sonian Forest. The earliest evidence of human activity in the region are the remains of a small fortified neolithic village of the Michelsberg culture, dating to between 3500 and 2500 BC. The earliest mention of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Ottignies Club
Rugby Ottignies Club is a Belgian rugby union club currently competing in Belgian 2nd Division. The club is based in Louvain-la-Neuve in the Belgian Province of Walloon Brabant. The official colours of the club are yellow and blue. History The club was founded in 1977 and played in the Belgian Elite League until the 2011–12 season when they were relegated to the 2nd Division for the 2012/13 season. The club have not won any major trophies but were runners up in the 2003-04 edition of the Belgian Cup. Ottiginies reached the Championship playoffs in three years running between 2004–05 and 2006-07 but lost at the semi-final stage on each occasion. Season by Season See also * Rugby union in Belgium * Belgian Elite League The Belgian Elite League is the top flight men's competition for rugby union in Belgium. Teams As of the 2018/19 season The Elite League has eight teams: * ASUB Waterloo * Boitsfort RC * Kituro Schaarbeek RC * RC Frameries * Dendermonde Rug ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Elite League Seasons
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Dendermondse Rugby Club
Dendermonde RC is a Belgium, Belgian rugby union club currently competing in Belgian Elite League. The club is based in Dendermonde in the Flemish Province of East Flanders. They are currently the only team from Flanders in the top flight. The official colours of the club are green and yellow. History The club was founded in 1962 under the name of SOS Rugby Sint-Gillis. The club's first game was against ASUB Waterloo, ASUB, resulting in a 13-20 loss. Developing a strong youth following, the turn of the 1990s saw the club push on with the construction of its own complex in the Van Langenhovestraat region. and won its first Belgian League Title in 2012 having previously won the 2nd Division title twice in 1970 and 2010. Dendermonde won the Belgian double in 2011/12 breaking the domination of the Wallonia, Walloon and Brussels based teams. In September 2017 Dendermonde became a global partner club of Leicester Tigers. Honours * Belgian Elite League ** Champions: 2012, 2016 * Belg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Soignies
RC Soignies is a Belgian rugby union club currently competing in the Belgian Elite League. The club is based in Soignies in Hainaut. The official colours of the club are green and white. History The club was founded in 1973 and has never won the Belgian Elite League but recently won the Belgian Cup for the first time. In 2015, RC Soignies were beaten by a record 356-3 by Royal Kituro. The referee for the fixture arrived over an hour after the scheduled start time, during this period, most of the Soignies players left as they believed the match had been cancelled. The remaining players seemingly allowed the Kituro players to run unchallenged to score 56 tries and 38 conversions as a protest. Honours * Belgian Cup ** Champions: 2010 * Belgian 2nd Division ** Champions: 1979 * Belgian Super Cup ** Champions 2010 See also * Rugby union in Belgium * Belgian Elite League The Belgian Elite League is the top flight men's competition for rugby union in Belgium. Teams As of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Frameries
RC Frameries is a Belgian rugby union club currently competing in the Belgian Elite League. The club is based in Frameries in Hainaut. The official colours of the club are yellow and black. History The club was founded in 1966 and has never won the Belgian Elite League but did finish as runners up in the 2008/09 season. Their only victory in the Belgian Cup was in 1971. Honours * Belgian Elite League ** Finalist: 2009 * Belgian Super Cup ** Finalist: 2012 * Belgian Cup ** Champions: 1971 ** Finalist: 2012 * Toledo Plate ** Champions: 1982, 1983, 2001 * Belgian 2nd Division ** Champions: 1971, 1980, 1991, 2004 See also * Rugby union in Belgium * Belgian Elite League The Belgian Elite League is the top flight men's competition for rugby union in Belgium. Teams As of the 2018/19 season The Elite League has eight teams: * ASUB Waterloo * Boitsfort RC * Kituro Schaarbeek RC * RC Frameries * Dendermonde Rug ... * Belgian Cup (Rugby Union) References External links Off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Kituro Rugby Club
The Royal Kituro Avia Schaerbeek Rugby Club, often shortened Kituro RC, is a Belgian rugby union club currently competing in the Belgian Elite League. On 8th February 2015, they beat RC Soignies 356-3, breaking the all-time record for the highest scoring game in Rugby union history. The club is based in Schaerbeek, a suburb to Brussels. The official colours of the club are green and black. The Kituro is a 50-year-old rugby club; one of the most successful and best known in Belgium with more than 560 players from U7 to U19, Seniors, Veterans, Ladies and a Touch Team. It benefits from the best quality rugby ground in Belgium with its two new synthetic pitches (International IRB Standards), six changing rooms and a friendly and very comfortable club house. The club is located in Brussels alongside the Boulevard Léopold III (Zaventem airport highway) between NATO and the EU Schuman area. History The club was founded in 1961 by international referee Teddy Lacroix along with Volcano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coq Mosan
Rugby Coq Mosan is a Belgian rugby union club currently competing in the Belgian Elite League. The club is based in Berneau in the municipality of Dalhem near Liège in Belgium. The official colours of the club are black and white. History The club was founded in 1967, has won the Belgian Elite League title on six occasions most recently in 1983 and have won the Belgian Cup four times. In the 2011/12 season they finished the regular season as champions of Division Two and were therefore promoted in the Elite League. Honours * Belgian Elite League ** Champions: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983 * Belgian Cup ** Champions: 1970, 1978, 1980,1989 * Belgian 2nd Division ** Champions: 1968, 1992, 2012 See also * Rugby union in Belgium * Belgian Elite League * Belgian Cup (Rugby Union) The Belgian Cup is the premier Rugby Union knock-out competition in Belgium and is organised by the Belgian Rugby Federation. The cup has been held annually since the 1967–68 season. Boitsfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boitsfort Rugby Club
Boitsfort Rugby Club is a Belgian rugby union club currently competing in the Belgian Elite League. The club is based in Brussels suburb of Boitsfort in the Brussels Capital Region. The official colours of the club are blue and white. History The club was founded in 1970 and has won the Belgian Elite League title on sixteen occasions most recently in 2010 and have won the league on twelve occasions. In the 2011/12 season they finished the regular season in third place. They are one of the most successful clubs in Belgian Rugby history having dominated the league since 1990.1 As from the 2018/2029, a third squad (the “BRC3”) has been introduced in the last division championship. Gathering veterans members having played at the highest level before getting older and sports enthusiasts of the same generation (known as the “XV Cors”), it also includes newer players and therefore strongly contributes to the famous team spirit of the club. The most recent community activities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASUB Waterloo
ASUB Rugby Waterloo is a Belgian rugby union club currently competing in the Belgian Elite League. The club is based in Waterloo in the Walloon Brabant province of Belgium. The official colours of the club are a combition of dark and marine blue. History The club was founded in 1959 and has won the Belgian Elite League title on 15 occasions most recently in 2013 and have won the Belgian Cup twelve times. Along with Boitsfort RC they have dominated Rugby Union in Belgium but have not managed to match their previous successes over the last decade. ASUB were runners up in the Elite League playoffs in four consecutive seasons between 2004–05 and 2007-2008 on each occasion to Boitsfort RC In the 2011/12 season they finished the regular season in fifth place. Honours * Belgian Elite League ** Champions: 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1998, 2013 * Belgian Cup ** Champions: 1968, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Baudouin Stadium
The King Baudouin Stadium (french: Stade Roi Baudouin , nl, Koning Boudewijnstadion ) is a sports ground in north-west Brussels, Belgium. Located in the Heysel district of the City of Brussels, it was built to embellish the Heysel Plateau in view of the 1935 Brussels International Exposition. It was inaugurated on 23 August 1930, with Crown Prince Leopold attending the opening ceremony. The stadium hosted 70,000 at the time. Its name honours King Baudouin, Leopold's son and successor as King of the Belgians, from 1951 to his death in 1993. History Early history The first version of the King Baudouin Stadium was built in 1929–1930 by the architect Joseph Van Neck, also chief architect of the 1935 Brussels International Exposition, in a classical modernist style. Its original name was the Jubilee Stadium (french: Stade du Centenaire, link=no, nl, Jubelstadion, link=no) because it was inaugurated as part of the centenary celebrations of the Belgian Revolution, with an unof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is played between two teams of 15 players each, using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch. The field has H-shaped goalposts at both ends. Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by people of all genders, ages and sizes. In 2014, there were more than 6 million people playing worldwide, of whom 2.36 million were registered players. World Rugby, previously called the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), has been the governing body for rugby union since 1886, and currently has 101 countries as full members and 18 associate members. In 1845, the first laws were written by students attending Rugby School; other significant even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
