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Full name | Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht rugby section | ||
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Nickname(s) | "Purple and white" (Dutch: "Paars en wit"; French: Les "mauve et blanc"), The "sporting" | ||
Founded | 1931 | ||
Ground(s) | Stade Constant Deleau | ||
President | Alexandre Van Pestel | ||
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The R.S.C. Anderlecht rugby section is a Belgian rugby union club from the Brussels municipality of Anderlecht.[1]
The club was founded on 21 September 1931 by players of the Rugby Club Français shortly before the creation of the Belgian Rugby Federation.[2] In 1935 it became the rugby section of the R.S.C. Anderlecht football team. It is the oldest rugby club in Belgium and the most successful.[3]
The men play competitively in matches every Sunday afternoon between September and May in the Belgian National Second Division. The ladies play every Saturday in the Belgian National Second Division.