Women's Rugby Club Innsbruck
The Women's Rugby Club Innsbruck (WRCI) is a women's rugby union team from Innsbruck , Tyrol . The WRCI was founded in February 2006. Home games usually take place in Patsch.
Full name | Women's Rugby Club Innsbruck | ||
Founded | 2006 | ||
Stadion | Patsch sports field | ||
Places | 300 | ||
president | Edith Hamberger | ||
Trainer | Jim Crick | ||
Homepage | www.wrci.at | ||
league | 7's rugby women Bundesliga | ||
2015/16 | 4th rank | ||
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history
In the summer of 2005, the current president, Andrea Dablander, stood on the sidelines and watched a men's game. When an injured player was carried off the field, she jumped in for him. A few games later, she decided to start a women's team. In February 2006 the foundation stone for the first Innsbruck women's rugby team was laid.
Although rugby in Tyrol is an absolute fringe sport, it was possible to put together a team and play games by September 2006.
News and outlook
The women's teams in Austria play rugby 7 instead of 15 . This means that only 7 instead of the regular 15 players play per team. This makes the game shorter, faster and more ball intensive.
The WRCI is currently represented in the Austrian Bundesliga. With currently around 15 active players, the Women's Rugby Club Innsbruck is growing again after a two-year break from the 2011/12 season due to an acute shortage of players.
Rugby still plays a subordinate role in Tyrol's sporting events. The primary and long-term goal of the WRCI is to establish women's rugby in Tyrol and to expand the sporting scene in Tyrol / Austria to include an attractive team sport for women. Examples are countries like England, France , Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, where rugby has been a popular sport for decades.
Results
Bundesliga women - season 2016/17
- RU Danube Vienna I
- RU Danube Vienna II
- RC Graz
Bundesliga women - season 2015/16
- RU Danube Vienna I
- WRC Innsbruck
- RC Graz
Bundesliga women - season 2014/15
- RU Danube Vienna I
- RC Graz
- WRC Innsbruck
Bundesliga women - season 2013/14
- RU Danube Vienna I
- Spartans DRUC Melk
- RC Graz
Bundesliga women - 2010/11 season
- WRU Schönbrunn
- WRC Innsbruck
- WRC Graz
7th women's championship 2007/2008 season (as of October 26, 2007)
- FRU Schönbrunn
- WRC Innsbruck
- RUFC Graz
Season Challenge Cup 2006/07
- RC Danube
- WRC Innsbruck
- RUFC Graz
- Vienna Celtic RFC