RC Dragon Brno is a Czech

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 rugby

Rugby union

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 club in Brno

Brno

Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...

. They currently play in the KB Extraliga

KB Extraliga

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. They have also been involved in the Central & Eastern European Rugby Cup since its inception in 2008.

History

The club started out as Sokol Brno I, with the name changing to Sokol Zbrojovka Brno in 1951. Following the nationwide restructuring of Physical Education and Sport in 1953, which affected rugby among others, the Sokol Zbrojovka Brno club split in two, Spartak Zbrojovka Brno and Slavia VŠ Brno (now RC Bystrc

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 KB Extraliga, having won the KB První Liga in 2008.-History:...

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Honours

• Czechoslovak Championships
  • 1950, 1965
• Czech Cup
  • 2000
• KB Extraliga
  • 2000

Historical names

• 1946 - 1950 Sokol Brno I
• 1951 - 1952 Sokol Zbrojovka Brno
• 1953             Spartak Zbrojovka Brno
• 1954 - 1968 Spartak ZJŠ Brno
• 1969 - 1990 TJ Zbrojovka Brno
• 1991 -           RC Dragon Brno

Coaches

• Jiří Náprstek (1946–1948)
• Viktor Šťastný (1949)
• Jiří Náprstek (1950–1951)
• Viktor Šťastný (1952)
• Jiří Náprstek (1953–1955)
• Oldřich Pazdera (1956–1963)
• Ladislav Baloun (1964)
• Viktor Šťastný (1964–1973)
• Vítězslav Smrž (1974)
• Viktor Šťastný (1975–1987)
• Milan Buryánek, Jiří Šťastný (1987–1990)
• Milan Buryánek, Vítězslav Dosedla Sr. (1990–1993)
• Jiří Šťastný, Břetislav Vlk Sr. (1993–2002)
• Jiří Šťastný, Břetislav Vlk Sr., Milan Buryánek (2003–2006)
• Zdenek Zapletal, Karel Trojan (2006)
• Zdenek Zapletal, Břetislav Vlk Jr. (2007)
• Jiří Šťastný, Milan Buryánek (2008-)