RC Dragon Brno

RC Dragon Brno

Full name	Rugby Club Dragon Brno
Founded	1946 (as Sokol Brno I)
Location	Brno, Czech Republic
President	Jiri Valasek
Coach(es)	Jiří Šťastny Milan Buryánek
League(s)	KB Extraliga
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RC Dragon Brno is a Czech rugby club in Brno. They currently play in the KB Extraliga. They have also been involved in the 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).

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-)

External links[]

• (in Czech) RC Dragon Brno