The Women's Rugby Bundesliga is the top national competition for
women's rugby union
Women's rugby union is a full contact team sport based on running with the ball in hand. The same laws are used in men's rugby union with the same sized pitch and same equipment. Rugby was originally a men's sport, and women's rugby has become p ...
football clubs in Germany. The competition started in 1988 and the most successful teams are the SC Neuenheim, FC St. Pauli and Heidelberger RK.
In October 2009, it was decided to continue with the development plan for the women's Bundesliga. From 2013, the league is scheduled to have eight clubs in a single-division format, from 2016 it is to be expanded to ten clubs.
Der DRV-Arbeitsplan “Rugby auf dem Weg nach Olympia 2016”
totalrugby.de, author: Claus-Peter Bach, published: 19 October 2009, accessed: 27 March 2010
Championship finals
Source:
Placings
Recent placings in the Rugby Bundesliga:
References
External links
Official site
Scrum.de: Results archive
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
Rugby-Bundesliga
1988 establishments in West Germany
Sports leagues established in 1988
Women's sports leagues in Germany
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