Kecskeméti Atlétika és Rugby Club is a
Hungarian rugby
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Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby union: 15 players per side
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*** Beach rugby
*** Mini rugby
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club in
Kecskemét
Kecskemét ( ) is a city with county rights in central Hungary. It is the List of cities and towns of Hungary, eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun County, Bács-Kiskun.
Kecskemét lies halfway between the ca ...
. They currently play in the Extraliga.
History
The club was founded in the spring of 1979 by a couple of students and teachers at the Kecskeméti Gépipari és Automatizálási Műszaki Főiskola (Kecskemét College of Engineering and Automation Technology). This makes KARC the oldest rugby club still playing in the league.
The club has been in its present form since 1996, when the Kecskeméti Sport Club merged with the rugby club. It won the national championship in 1998.
Historical names
* 1979 - Kecskeméti GAMF (Kecskeméti Gépipari és Automatizálási Műszaki Főiskola)
* 1995 – Kecskeméti RC (Kecskeméti Rugby Club)
* 1996 – Kecskeméti ARC (Kecskeméti Atlétika és Rugby Club)
Honours
* Nemzeti Bajnokság I
** 1998
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Current squad
References
External links
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Kecskeméti Atlétika és Rugby Club
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Rugby union teams in Hungary
Rugby clubs established in 1979