RC Dragon Brno is a Czech rugby union club in Brno. They currently play in the Extraliga ragby XV. They have also been involved in the Central & Eastern European Rugby Cup since its inception in 2008.
History
The club started out as Sokol Brno I, with the name changing to Sokol Zbrojovka Brno in 1951. Following the nationwide restructuring of Physical Education and Sport in 1953, which affected rugby among others, the Sokol Zbrojovka Brno club split in two, Spartak Zbrojovka Brno and Slavia VŠ Brno (now RC Bystrc).
Honours Czechoslovak Championships 1950, 1965 Czech Cup 2000 Extraliga ragby XV 2000
Historical names
1946 - 1950 Sokol Brno I 1951 - 1952 Sokol Zbrojovka Brno 1953 Spartak Zbrojovka Brno 1954 - 1968 Spartak ZJŠ Brno 1969 - 1990 TJ Zbrojovka Brno 1991 - RC Dragon Brno
Coaches Jiří Náprstek (1946–1948) Viktor Šťastný (1949) Jiří Náprstek (1950–1951) Viktor Šťastný (1952) Jiří Náprstek (1953–1955) Oldřich Pazdera (1956–1963) Ladislav Baloun (1964) Viktor Šťastný (1964–1973) Vítězslav Smrž (1974) Viktor Šťastný (1975–1987) Milan Buryánek, Jiří Šťastný (1987–1990) Milan Buryánek, Vítězslav Dosedla Sr. (1990–1993) Jiří Šťastný, Břetislav Vlk Sr. (1993–2002) Jiří Šťastný, Břetislav Vlk Sr., Milan Buryánek (2003–2006) Zdenek Zapletal, Karel Trojan (2006) Zdenek Zapletal, Břetislav Vlk Jr. (2007) Jiří Šťastný, Milan Buryánek (2008-)
External links RC Dragon Brno