Aarhus RK

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Aarhus RK
Full nameAarhus Rugby Klub
Founded1974
Location Aarhus, Denmark
Ground(s)ARK Park
PresidentJette Schmidt
Coach(es) Flag of South Africa.svg Quinton Greyling (coach) & Flag of England.svg Chris Adby (Assistant coach)
League(s) DRU Superliga
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Aarhus RK is a Danish rugby club in Aarhus. They currently play in the DRU Superliga.

Contents

History

The club was founded in 1974.

In 2006 the club became Danish Rugby champions in the Danish Superleague and also the first official Danish champions in Danish rugby 7’s. They continued their XV men championship success in 2008, 2011 & 2012, and also in the Danish 7s championship in 2007, 08' & 12'.

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

PlayerPositionUnion
Niels Gotfredsen Prop Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Jens H. Hansen Lock Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Søren W. Larsen Lock Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Steve Leitch Lock Flag of England.svg England
Peter Møller Lock Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Christian Schiffer Lock Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Mikael Lai Rasmussen Flanker Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
PlayerPositionUnion
Martin Frederiksen Centre Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Quinton Greyling Centre Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Preben Rasmussen Centre Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
René Thorup Kristensen Centre Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Niels P. Dahl Wing Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Rasmus Mortensen Wing Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Andrew Grantham Fullback Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland

Internationally Capped Players

  • Flag of Denmark.svg Niels Gotfredsen
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Mikael Lai Rasmussen
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Preben Rasmussen
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Mortensen
  • Flag of Denmark.svg René Thorup Kristensen
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Andrew Grantham

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