Rugby Club Luxembourg makes it to 50
The grand duchy’s first rugby club has come a long way over its 50 year history, writes Nick Frank at Rugby Club Luxembourg in this guest contribution. It’s amazing what can be achieved when a few mates with a common passion get together and hatch a plan. This is how the Rugby Club Luxembourg started 50 years ago. A group of rugby enthusiasts who had arrived in Luxembourg for work were the foundation members for the club. Many of those founding members will be with the club on a special weekend this June (9-10 June) to celebrate the club and the great enjoyment it has meant for many over the years. The first match was played on a cow field. It literally was a cow field with the match having to be stopped mid-match with the bovine friends joining the RCL pioneers on the grassy meadow in Moutfort. It is understood the French prime minister Pierre Messmer, deputy for Moselle, was petitioned to allow RCL to play in the Alsace-Lorraine French leagues. Club evolution in the 1970s and 1980s As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations a history of the club is being made by recording the thoughts of members [...]
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