RC Bystrc

RC Bystrc is a Czech rugby club in Brno. As the name implies, they are based in the Bystrc district of the city. They currently play in the 1. Liga ragby XV, having won the 1. Liga ragby XV in 2008.

RC Bystrc

Full name	Rugby Club Bystrc
Founded	1953
Location	Brno, Czech Republic
Ground(s)	Sportovní areá Ondreje Sekory
President	Pavel Holeček
Coach(es)	Pavel Vrána (player-coach)
League(s)	1. Liga ragby XV
Team kit

History

Rugby in the then Czechoslovakia was much affected following the nationwide restructuring of Physical Education and Sport in 1953. The Sokol Zbrojovka Brno club split in two, Spartak Zbrojovka Brno (now Dragon Brno) and Slavia VŠ Brno.

The club played in the Řečkovice, Pisárky, Tuřany, and Kníničky areas of Brno as well as the town of Šlapanice and the village of Troubsko, before finally managing to secure their present home ground, the Sportovní areá Ondreje Sekory, at Bystrc.

Honours

• První KB Liga
  • 2008

Historical names

• 1953 - 1959 Slavia VŠ Brno
• 1960 - 1975 Slavia VSŽ Brno
• 1976–1981 Ingstav Brno
• 1982–1999 Lokomotiva-Ingstav Brno
• 2000 – RC Bystrc

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Jiří Vrána Hooker Czech Republic Martin Horáček Prop Czech Republic Josef Klauda Prop Czech Republic Libor Kornia Prop Czech Republic Jan Navrátil Prop Czech Republic Oldřich Beneš Lock Czech Republic Petr Havlíček Lock Czech Republic Vlastimil Hodaň Lock Czech Republic Miloslav Fiala Lock Czech Republic Radek Smutný Lock Czech Republic Jan Votava Lock Czech Republic Jaroslav Anderle Flanker Czech Republic Martin Hodaň Flanker Czech Republic Pavel Holeček Flanker Czech Republic Igor Jilčík Flanker Czech Republic Radek Konečný Flanker Czech Republic Stanislav Krejčí Flanker Czech Republic Michael Mann Flanker Czech Republic David Marek Flanker Czech Republic Lukáš Novák Flanker Czech Republic Tomáš Pařík Flanker Czech Republic Emilio Caldaroni Number 8 Italy Karel Opravil Number 8 Czech Republic

Player Position Union Tomáš Čepelák Scrum-half Czech Republic Pavel Vrána Fly-half Czech Republic Otto Friedl Centre Czech Republic Sebastien Revellet Centre France Radim Kovařík Centre Czech Republic Jan Kudrna Centre Czech Republic Tomáš Kintr Wing Czech Republic Jan Konečný Wing Czech Republic Martin Spěvák Wing Czech Republic Jiří Šťáva Wing Czech Republic Lukáš Trtílek Wing Czech Republic Jakub Vrána Wing Czech Republic Roman Bačík Fullback Czech Republic

Team Management

• Head Coach: Pavel Vrána
• Assistant Coach: Roman Bačík
• Conditioning Coach: Karel Walter

External links

• (in Czech) RC Bystrc