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| Full name | Rugby Club Bystrc | |
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| Founded | 1953 | |
| Location | Brno, Czech Republic | |
| Ground(s) | Sportovní areá Ondreje Sekory | |
| President |  Pavel Holeček | |
| Coach(es) | Pavel Vrána (player-coach) | |
| League(s) | 1. Liga ragby XV | |
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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 1. Liga ragby XV, having won the 1. Liga ragby XV in 2008.
Rugby in the then Czechoslovakia was much affected following the nationwide restructuring of Physical Education and Sport in 1953. The Sokol Zbrojovka Brno club split in two, Spartak Zbrojovka Brno (now Dragon Brno) and Slavia VŠ Brno.
The club played in the Řečkovice, Pisárky, Tuřany, and Kníničky areas of Brno as well as the town of Šlapanice and the village of Troubsko, before finally managing to secure their present home ground, the Sportovní areá Ondreje Sekory, at Bystrc.
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