The Rugby Club Unterföhring is a German
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 m ...
club
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
...
from
Munich district, currently playing in the
2nd Rugby-Bundesliga
The 2. Rugby-Bundesliga is the second-highest level of Germany's Rugby union league system, organised by the German Rugby Federation. Its set below the Rugby-Bundesliga, the top-tier of German rugby, and above the Rugby-Regionalliga, the third tie ...
and with a second team in the Verbandsliga Bayern. It is based in
Unterföhring
Unterföhring is a municipality in Upper Bavaria. It lies adjacent to the northeast side of Munich, and is one of the nearest suburbs to Munich's central district.
History
Before the establishment of Munich around 1158, an important crossing exi ...
, the closest suburb to Munich city centre. Since January 2017 the RCU is the second biggest rugby club in Bavaria with 240 members.
Also Unterföhring was the smallest municipality in Germany with its own rugby union club from 2012 until 2016.
After the promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 2016/17 Unterföhring is the only village (German: Gemeinde) in the history of German rugby to have ever played in a Bundesliga. All other clubs where always based in towns or cities (German: Stadt) or army bases.
The RCU also has a growing youth section and the club is the fourth biggest club with kids under 14 years old in all of Germany. The RCU has secured championships in the Under 8, Under 10 and Under 12 age groups in recent years, as well as runners-up in U8, U10, U12 and U14. The RCU youth teams are known for consistently being able to field complete sides in the Bavarian youth competition. The Rugby Club Unterföhring is the fourth biggest club in the district of Unterföhring.
Founded in 2016 the RCU also has a women's team playing in the Deutsche 7er-Liga Frauen Süd. For the season 2022/23 the aim of the first Men's team is to achieve a ranking in the top 3 at the end of the 2. Bundesliga season.
Youth summercamp
In summer 2022 former
All Black
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Kane Hames held a summer camp in Unterföhring with 25 junior players attending. On February 23, 2023 the club announced that they will hold a summer camp for youth players from age 7 to age 17 in Unterföhring. Again, former All Black and current
Queensland Reds
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Assistant Coach Kane Hames will conduct the camp from from July 31 to August 4 in Unterföhring.
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Facilities
The RCU plays their home games on the rugby pitch in Unterföhring am Etzweg.
Honours
Seniors:
* Bavarian rugby union championship
** Runners-up: 2016, 2017
* Promotion to 2nd Bundesliga
** 2017
* Quarter Finals Liga Pokal
** 2018
Youth
* Bavarian rugby union championship
** Champions: Under-8: 2017, 2018, 2019; Under-10: 2017, 2018; Under-12: 2019
*** Runners-up: Under-8: 2016; Under-10: 2015, 2016; Under-12: 2018; Under-14 2019
Recent seasons
Recent seasons of the club:
Men
First team
Reserve team
Women
References
External links
*
Official website
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German rugby union clubs
Rugby union in Munich