- Kadıköy Rugby
Rugby team
teamname = Kadıköy Rugby
fullname = Kadıköy Rugby Football Club
nickname = Bulls of Kadıköy
colors = yellow and black
founded = 2006
ground = none
location =Istanbul ,Turkey
country
coach = flagicon|FranceLuis Ernesto Gómez
league = none
url = www.kadikoyrugby.com
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socks2 = FFFF00Kadıköy Rugby was founded by the joint efforts of a group of fellow students fromUskudar Anadolu Lisesi and ex-İstanbul Ottomans rugby playerMert Ataray in early 2006. The establishment of the team quickly drew attention of the lively, hot blooded youth ofKadıköy district and soon settled itself as the future of Turkish rugby.Kadıköy is well known to be symbolized with its bull icon standing in the district square. That bull icon was more than suitable to identify the spirit of the team, and the asperity of the rugby sport itself, which quickly became an inspiration to the club's emblem and nickname.Right after being established, the club registered itself to the Turkish Federation of Rugby, Baseball, Softball and American Football to become the first official rugby club in Turkey.
Today, the primary goal of the club is to encourage rugby nationwide by their campaign to force new rugby clubs to be founded, setting up a national league and to make ground for
Turkish National Rugby Union Team as soon as possible. Because 90% of the club consists of students of their early 20's, the club is financially struggling to stand up on its feet, and is yet to be sponsored or aided by any means.Current squad
Related links
* [http://www.kadikoyrugby.com Kadıköy Rugby Official Website]
* [http://groups.google.com.tr/group/Kadikoy-Rugby-Kulubu Kadıköy Rugby Official Mail Group]
* [http://kadikoyrugby.t-r.net/ Kadıköy Rugby Official Forums]
* [http://www.tbsf.org.tr Turkish Federation of Baseball, Softball, Rugby and American Football]
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