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| Club information | |
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| Full name | Bad Reichenhall Rugby Union Football Club |
| Colours | Red & Black |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Website | Bad Reichenhall RFC |
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| Competition | Rugby Regionalliga |
Bad Reichenhall Rugby Union Football Club are a rugby union club from Bad Reichenhall, Germany.
Starting as a rugby league club in 2005, the club switched to rugby union in 2009.
Due to the proximity of Bad Reichenhall to Salzburg (12km), the club also attracts many players from Austria.
Since 2009, the men's XV team has participated at the third tier league of the German rugby union, the Regionalliga Bavaria, against clubs across southern Bavaria and eastern Austria.
The women's team competes in seven a side competitions across Germany and Austria. The team has also often competed at the annual Innsbruck snow rugby event.
The club encourages youth players to train at the club and then participate in the youth rugby events held in Munich.
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