- Source: Dendermonde Rugby Club
Dendermonde RC is a Belgian rugby union club currently competing in Belgian Elite League.
The club is based in Dendermonde in the Flemish Province of East Flanders. They are currently the only team from Flanders in the top flight. The official colours of the club are green and yellow.
History
The club was founded in 1962 under the name of SOS Rugby Sint-Gillis. The club's first game was against ASUB, resulting in a 13-20 loss.
Developing a strong youth following, the turn of the 1990s saw the club push on with the construction of its own complex in the Van Langenhovestraat region. and won its first Belgian League Title in 2012 having previously won the 2nd Division title twice in 1970 and 2010. Dendermonde won the Belgian double in 2011/12 breaking the domination of the Walloon and Brussels based teams. In September 2017 Dendermonde became a global partner club of Leicester Tigers.
Honours
Belgian Elite League
Champions: 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024
Belgian Second Division
Champions: 1970, 2010
Coupe de Belgique
Champions: 2012, 2016
Season by Season
See also
Rugby union in Belgium
Belgian Elite League
References
External links
Official site
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Dendermonde Rugby Club
- Dendermonde
- Belgian Elite League
- Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde
- Geraghty
- Belgium national rugby union team
- Belgian Cup (rugby union)
- Broughton RUFC
- European Rugby Continental Shield
- 2020 Rugby Europe Championship squads
