RK Petrovice

RK Petrovice is a Czech rugby club in Petrovice, Prague. They currently play in the 1. Liga ragby XV in the Czech Republic.

RK Petrovice

Full name	Rugby Klub Petrovice
Union	Czech Rugby Union
Founded	1944; 81 years ago (1944)
Location	Prague, Czech Republic
Ground	Grammova 2, 109 00 Praha
President	Tomáš Pešír
Director of Rugby	Raymond Burnard
Coach	Přemysl Brádle
Captain	Tomáš Chadim
League	1. Liga ragby XV
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.rkpetrovice.cz

History

The club was founded in 1944. After having played in Troja, Stodůlky, Lhotka and Nebušice, they started playing in Petrovice in 1980, which came about after club member Otto Kodera discovered a disused football field.

Historical names

• Radostně vpřed a HC Blesk (1944)
• I. ČLTK (1945–49)
• Sokol Praha 1 (1950)
• TJ Motorlet Praha (1950–91)
• RK Petrovice (1992-)

External links

• RK Petrovice
• 80 years of Czech Rugby Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine