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| Full name | Rugby Club Mainz e.V. |
|---|---|
| Union | German Rugby Federation |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Location | Mainz, Germany |
| Chairman | Philip Littlewood |
| Coach(es) | Jörg Barthel, Alexis Vitrey |
| Captain(s) | Bruno Pairet |
| League(s) | 3. Liga Süd/West |
| 2015–16 | 5th |
| Official website | |
| www | |
The RC Mainz is a German rugby union club from Mainz, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga.
Rugby in Mainz dates back to 1997, when a rugby department was formed in the 1. FC Vorwärts Orient Mainz. Two years later, in 1999, this rugby department formed the current RC Mainz. [1]
The club competed at the third tier of German club rugby at the time, the Rugby-Regionalliga. Oddly, it took part in two of the Regionalligas local divisions, Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. [1] The city of Mainz is located in Rhineland-Palatinate, but just across the river from Hesse.
In the 2001-02 season, the club celebrated its first success, promotion to the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga. In this league, it was able to survive for only one season, being promptly relegated back to the third division again. [1]
The team achieved promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga once more when it won the Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as the Regionalliga Hesse. The club was saved from relegation after its first season there when the league was enlarged and has since improved in its performance. [1]
The club suffered relegation in 2010 but bounced straight back, finishing runners-up in the new 3rd Liga South/West and returning to the 2nd Bundesliga.
A league reform in 2012 allowed the club promotion to the Bundesliga after the league was expanded from ten to 24 teams. RC finished third in their group in the 2012-13 season and qualified for the south/west division of the championship round, where it came eighth. The club was knocked out in the first round of the play-offs after losing 131–3 to DSV 78 Hannover.
The club qualified for the play-offs to the DRV-Pokal in 2013–14, the second-tier competition in German rugby, where it was knocked out by SG Siemensstadt/Grizzlies in the first round. For the 2014–15 season the club entered the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga but was only able to qualify for the Liga-Pokal round where it came seventh and missed out on the play-offs. Mainz dropped back to the third tier for the following season.
Recent seasons of the club: [2]
| Year | Division | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2001-02 | Rugby-Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate (III) | 1st — Promoted |
| 2002-03 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West (II) | 7th — Relegated |
| 2003-04 | Rugby-Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate (III) | 1st |
| 2004-05 | Rugby-Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| 2005-06 | Rugby-Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate/Hesse (III) | 2nd |
| 2006–07 | Rugby-Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate Rugby-Regionalliga Hesse | 1st — Promoted |
| 2007–08 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West (II) | 9th |
| 2008–09 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West | 7th |
| 2009–10 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West | 9th — Relegated |
| 2010-11 | 3rd Liga South/West (III) | 2nd — Promoted |
| 2011–12 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West | 6th — Promoted |
| 2012–13 | Rugby-Bundesliga qualification round – West (I) | 3rd |
| Rugby-Bundesliga championship round – South-West | 8th — Round of sixteen | |
| 2013–14 | Rugby-Bundesliga qualification round – West | 4th |
| DRV-Pokal – South-West | 6th — First round | |
| 2014–15 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga qualification round – West | 5th |
| Liga-Pokal – South-West | 7th — Relegated | |
| 2015–16 | 3rd Liga South/West—South (III) | 5th |
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