Royal Kituro Rugby Club

Coordinates: 50°51′38″N 4°23′50″E / 50.86056°N 4.39722°E / 50.86056; 4.39722

Kituro RC
Full name Royal Kituro Avia Schaerbeek Rugby Club
Union Belgian Rugby Federation
Founded 1961
Location Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium Belgium
Ground(s) Complexe Wahis, Schaerbeek,
League(s) Belgian Elite League
2012/13 3
Team kit
Official website
www.kituro.be

The Royal Kituro Avia Schaerbeek Rugby Club, often shortened Kituro RC, is a Belgian rugby union club currently competing in the Belgian Elite League.

The club is based in Schaerbeek, a suburb to Brussels. The official colours of the club are green and black. The Kituro is a 50-year-old rugby club; one of the most successful and best known in Belgium with more than 560 players from U7 to U19, Seniors, Veterans, Ladies and a Touch Team.

It benefits from the best quality rugby ground in Belgium with its two new synthetic pitches (International IRB Standards), six changing rooms and a friendly and very comfortable club house.[1]

The club is located in Brussels alongside the Boulevard Léopold III (Zaventem airport highway) between NATO and the EU Schuman area.

History

The club was founded in 1961 by international referee Teddy Lacroix along with Volcanologist and Rugby Player Haroun Tazieff who choose to name the club after Mount Kituro in the former Belgian Colony of Congo. The club was donated land by the City Of Brussels and quickly established itself as a major force in Belgian Rugby. The heir to the Belgian Throne Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant played for the team.[2]

Kituro has won the Belgian Elite League title on five occasions and most recently in May 2015.

Royal Kituro Rugby Club
Royal Kituro Rugby Club

Honours

Season by Season

Season Tier Division League Pos. Play Offs Notes
2003–04 2 Belgian 2nd Division 4
2004–05 2 Belgian 2nd Division 5
2005–06 2 Belgian 2nd Division 1
2006–07 2 Belgian 2nd Division 4
2007–08 2 Belgian 2nd Division 2 Promoted
2008–09 1 Belgian Elite League 2 Champions
2009–10 1 Belgian Elite League 3 Semi-Finalists
2010–11 1 Belgian Elite League 1 Champions
2011–12 1 Belgian Elite League 1 Runners Up
2012–13 1 Belgian Elite League 3 Semi-Finalists
2013–14 1 Belgian Elite League
2014–15 1 Belgian Elite League 1 Champions|

Notable Players

See also

References

  1. ↑ Official Website www.kituro.be
  2. ↑ Official Website History Page http://www.kituro.be/historique1.htm
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