RC Zlín is a
Czech
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* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
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rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
club in Zlín. They currently play in the
Extraliga ragby XV
The Extraliga rugby XV is a rugby club competition played in the Czech Republic and is the top level of rugby in the country. There is a promotion-relegation process between the Extraliga ragby and the 1. Liga ragby XV.
The league used to be know ...
.
History
The club was founded in 1944.
In 1982 they undertook a tour to France, paying a visit to the grave of
William Webb Ellis
William Webb Ellis (24 November 1806 – 24 January 1872) was an English Anglican clergyman who, by tradition, has been credited as the inventor of rugby football while a pupil at Rugby School. According to legend, Webb Ellis picked up the bal ...
in
Menton
Menton (; , written ''Menton'' in classical norm or ''Mentan'' in Mistralian norm; it, Mentone ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera, close to the Italian border.
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and winning a sevens tournament in
Montpellier
Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...
.
Historical names
* SK Bat'a Zlín (1947)
* ZK Bat'a Zlín (1948)
* Sokol Borostroj Zlín (1948)
* Sokol Svit (1949)
* Jiskra Gottwaldov (1953)
* Spartak Gottwaldov (1953)
* TJ Gottwaldov (1958)
* SK Zlín (1990)
* RC Zlín (1993)
External links
RC Zlín80 let Českého Ragby (80 years of Czech Rugby)
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Rugby union teams in the Czech Republic
Rugby clubs established in 1944
Sport in Zlín