Full name | Vienna Celtic Rugby Football Club |
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Union | Austrian Rugby Federation |
Nickname(s) | Celtic, Celts |
Founded | 1978 |
Region | Vienna, Austria |
Ground(s) | Sportareal Atzgersdorf 1230 Vienna |
Chairman | Antonio de Vall |
Coach(es) | Mike McLean |
League(s) | Erste Österreichische Bundesliga |
Vienna Celtic Rugby Football Club (VCRFC) is an Austrian rugby club based in Vienna. It is the oldest team in Austria.
The club was founded on 19 January 1978 by a Scotsman, John Skinner, and two Austrians, Johann Schweiger and Bernhard Eigenberger.
Over the years the club started indulging in and organising charity events.
During the period of 1997 - 2010 Vienna Celtic realised a project in Zimbabwe where firstly a borehole and pump where provided to the community enabling access to clean water, later a school and additionally a clinic where then built.
Since 2005 the club also hosts an annual 10's rugby tournament donating all proceeds to the "Austrian bone marrow register"