Gent RFC is a Belgian
rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby union: 15 players per side
*** American flag rugby
*** Beach rugby
*** Mini rugby
*** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side
*** Rugby tens, 10 players per side
*** Snow rugby
*** Tou ...
club in Ghent. Former
IOC
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president
Jacques Rogge
Jacques Jean Marie, Count Rogge (, ; 2 May 1942 – 29 August 2021) was a Belgian sports administrator, former athlete, and physician, who served as the eighth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2001 to 2013. In 201 ...
was a founding member of the club.
Historiek
(in Dutch)
History
The club was founded in 1969 by Jacques Rogge, his brother Philippe Rogge, Pierre Saverys, Jan Standaert and Guy Callebaut. They were all former ASUB Rugby players who found it increasingly hard to travel from Ghent to Brussels, where the aforementioned club was based at the time.
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Rugby union clubs in Belgium
Rugby clubs established in 1969
Sport in Ghent
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