Berlin Irish RFC is a German rugby club from

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, currently playing

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in the

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, and participating in the German Women's Sevens Series, as well as in the Berlin-Brandenburg Sevens Series. The club was formed in 2016, having both women's and men's teams since the beginning. Later added several youth rugby divisions, and a mixed-gender

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team in 2024. Since 2018 the Berlin Irish host an annual

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tournament with a men's/mixed and women's competition at BeachMitte with teams visiting from all over Germany, Austria and the United Kingdom. After two events, there was a two-year break due to the

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, but the tournament resumed in 2022.

External links

Official website

References

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