Stade Lausanne Rugby Club is an
amateur
An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, autodidacticism, self-taught, user-generated, do it yourself, DI ...
Swiss
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 from
Lausanne
, neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...
, the Olympic Capital. The club plays in the Swiss first division - LNA - and are former Swiss Cup champions.
Club history
Having been one of the eight original clubs to play in the inaugural Swiss Championship when the Switzerland Rugby Union was formed in 1969, Stade Lausanne has been one of the most successful clubs in the country. With six National League A (NLA) and six Swiss Cup titles including 2009 and 2010 Stade Lausanne sits third - behind Hermance RRC and
Rugby Club CERN
Rugby Club CERN - Meyrin - St Genis (RC CMSG) are a semi-professional Swiss rugby union club situated on the French–Swiss border, northwest of Geneva. The club plays in the Swiss first division where it is one of the most successful teams in th ...
on the National overall club honors list and is the most successful club in Lausanne and canton Vaud.
In the 2010/2011 season the First team marched into the Swiss final against RC Avusy and finished 2nd in the first division and the Second team got promoted to the second division of the Swiss Rugby Union.
Club honours
Licensed Players
[Mario Bucciarelli, head coach]
See also
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Rugby union in Switzerland
Rugby union in Switzerland is a minor but growing sport.
Governing body
The Swiss Rugby Federation was founded in 1972 and joined the IRFB in 1988.Bath, p75
History
Like neighbouring Germany, Austria and France, Swiss rugby is actually amongst t ...
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Swiss Rugby Federation
The Swiss Rugby Federation (french: Fédération Suisse de Rugby it, Federazione Svizzera di Rugby german: Schweizerischer Rugby Verband)) is the governing body for rugby union in Switzerland.
It currently runs the League A, League B, League ...
References
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Rugby clubs established in 1969
1969 establishments in Switzerland
Sport in Lausanne