Although one of the youngest regional associations in German rugby, the RVBY has seen great growth in the years since it was founded and now comprises 33 clubs (as of January 1, 2019). This makes the RVBY, ahead of the Rugby Association NRW (22 clubs), the state association with the most rugby clubs in Germany .
The history of rugby in Bavaria goes back to the 19th century. There is evidence that even before 1898 rugby football, as the sport was called back then, was played in Munich “in the local men's gymnastics club”.
The rest of the story lies in the darkness of the past. However, it is known that in the twenties, FC Bayern Munich, among others, had a rugby department that prevailed 3-0 against the Heidelberger Ruder Club 28 in 1928. There is also evidence of teams from FC Wacker Munich and DSV Munich in 1929
After the Second World War , rugby in Bavaria was only played by army teams from the various US Army bases. This only changed in 1977 when the Munich RFC was founded as the first civil society. In 1985 TuS Fürstenfeldbruck followed.
On August 23, 2013 it became known that the Bavarian Rugby Association had achieved a real coup. With Robin Stalker, the RVBY was able to win the former CFO of the sports equipment supplier Adidas as patron. For the New Zealander, "rugby is simply a way of life" - and together with the Bavarian clubs, he wants to present it more to the public in the future.
In 2015, the RVBy entered into a close cooperation with the Bavarian Lawn Power Sport and Tug of War Association. The goal is u. a. To leverage synergies for mutual benefit.
StuSta Munich
SC Groebenzell
TuS Fürstenfeldbruck
MIS
Iffeldorf Rhinos
RFC Bad Reichenhall
TV Ingolstadt
Munich RFC
RC Unterföhring
RFC Augsburg
VfB Ulm
TV Memmingen
TSV Nuremberg
Winter village
SC Herzogenaurach
Illesheim RFC
RC Regensburg
VfB Hafenlohr
Würzburg RK
Amberg Iron Lions
Rugby union clubs in Bavaria
Members
The association, with around 2,600 members, has 36 associations.
Upper Bavaria: Munich (6), Unterföhring, Fürstenfeldbruck, Gröbenzell, Bad Reichenhall, Ingolstadt, Anzing, Landsberg am Lech,
Upper Palatinate: Regensburg, Raigering (Amberg Iron Lions), Vilseck
Lower Bavaria: Uni Rugby Passau
Swabia: Augsburg, Memmingen, Kempten, Nördlingen
Baden-Württemberg: Ulm, Ravensburg
Upper, Middle and Lower Franconia: Nuremberg, Würzburg, Gemünden, Bad Windsheim, Burgbernheim, Herzogenaurach, Illesheim, Erlangen, Bayreuth, Bamberg, Hof and Coburg
Tyrol, Austria: Innsbruck
South Tyrol, Italy: Brixen
Rugby Union clubs in Bavaria:
Game operation
Game operations in Bavaria
In the 2016/17 season, the highest league organized by the RVBY is the Regionalliga Bayern with eight teams. Among them there is the Association League Bavaria with currently 11 teams and the development league in 7-a-side rugby in tournament form.
designation
number
societies
Regionalliga Bayern
8th
RC Regensburg 2000, RFC Augsburg, RFC Bad Reichenhall, SV Studentenstadt-Freimann II, Munich RFC II, Würzburger RK, TSB Ravensburg, TS Bayreuth
Association League Bavaria
11
Kempten, Ingolstadt / Unterföhring II, Landsberg / Gröbenzell, Ulm, Bamberg, Fürstenfeldbruck / Team Munich, Innsbruck, Ravensburg, Coburg, Nuremberg II, Student City III
For women, nine clubs will take part in the German 7th League South in the 2016/17 season.
designation
number
Clubs from Bavaria
German 7th League Women South
11
Munich RFC, SV Studentenstadt I and II, Regensburg, Augsburg, Unterföhring, TSV 1846 Nuremberg, RFC Bad Reichenhall, FC Eintracht Bamberg, RC Regensburg 2000, Bayreuth
Trivia
The Munich Rugby Football Club was the only participant in the 1st Bundesliga from Bavaria in the 2000/01 and 2002/03 seasons.
Unterföhring in the district of Munich, with just under 11,000 inhabitants, is the smallest independent municipality in Germany with its own rugby club. The Rugby Club Unterföhring e. V. was founded there in 2012. With its promotion to the second division, Unterföhring is the only municipality in Germany that has ever placed a rugby club in a Bundesliga.
Illesheim Black 'n' Blue is the last remaining club with headquarters in a US Army base.
Philipp Heineken: The football game: Association and rugby. Reprint based on the original edition from 1898, Th.Schäfer Druckerei GmbH Hannover 1993 ISBN 3-88746-306-4 , p. 244
↑ It continues to be played in southern Germany […] and not to be forgotten in Munich, where it was introduced into the local men's gymnastics club by the former Stuttgart captain M. Maull.
