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This is a List of rugby union clubs in Germany. It lists all rugby union clubs in Germany registered with the German Rugby Federation, the ''DRV'',〔(Die Vereine im DRV ) ''DRV'' website - List of clubs, accessed: 16 April 2010〕 or taking part in the German league system.〔(German rugby results & tables ) ''Rugby-Journal'' website, accessed: 16 April 2010〕 As of April 2010, the International Rugby Board lists the number of clubs in Germany at 110.〔(IRB website - Country information Germany ) accessed: 17 April 2010〕 Some of the clubs competing in the German league system are clubs of the US and British armed forces in Germany and therefore not necessarily members of the ''DRV''. Examples of US Army rugby clubs in Germany are the teams in Illesheim,〔(Illesheim RFC website - History ) accessed: 17 April 2010〕 Ramstein and Vilseck, while other clubs, like in the ''RC Kaiserslautern'', recruit some of their players from the US forces but have German players as well.〔(Americans set to compete for German rugby clubs ) ''Stars and Stripes, published: 7 September 2006, accessed: 16 April 2010〕 Up to 32 US forces teams had been playing in Southern Germany at its peak, based in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, being organised in the "United States Forces Europe Rugby Union" (USFERU).〔(History of Bavarian Rugby ) Bavarian Rugby Federation website, accessed: 19 April 2010〕 Most disappeared with the withdrawal of US forces from Germany at the end of the Cold War. A number of clubs remained but have since dropped out of the German league system, like the ''Bamberg RFC'', ''Darmstadt 233rd BSB RFC'', ''Hanau Hornets'', ''Schweinfurt RFC'', ''Spangdahlem RFC'' and ''Würzburg RFC'', while a few, like the ''Ramstein Rogues RFC'', ''Illesheim RFC'' and ''Baumholder RFC'' still compete in 2009-10.〔(U.S. FORCES EUROPE RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION - CLUB LISTING AND CONTACTS ) Unofficial Army Rugby Team Homepage, accessed: 19 April 2010〕 The ''RC Mönchengladbach Rhinos'' and the ''Elmpt Falcons'' are rugby teams of the British Army in Germany and still active.〔(Solingen suffer record defeat in Moenchengladbach ) Solingen Zebras website, accessed: 17 April 2010〕〔(BFG INSTALLATION ACCESS PASS FOR VETERANS DETAILS OF FACILITIES FOR JHQ/ELMPT/WILDENRATH ) British Army Rugby Union website, accessed: 17 April 2010〕 The oldest rugby union club in Germany is the DSV 78 Hannover, formed in 1878 as ''DFV Hannover'', in a time when a differencation between rugby and football was not yet made in Germany.〔(Die große Tat des Ferdinand-Wilhelm Fricke ) DSV 78 website - History, accessed: 24 January 2009〕 While there is older clubs in Germany then ''DSV 78'', like the Heidelberger TV which was formed in 1846, their rugby departments were established after ''DSV's''. ==Clubs by state== The German rugby clubs, listed by federal state, with the league their first men's and women's teams play in 2009-10, in as far as the clubs field a senior side at all: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of rugby union clubs in Germany」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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