Rugby Ottignies Club is a
Belgian rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
club currently competing in
Belgian 2nd Division.
The club is based in
Louvain-la-Neuve
Louvain-la-Neuve (; French for "New Leuven"; ) is a planned town in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Wallonia, Belgium, situated 30 km southeast of Brussels, in the province of Walloon Brabant. The town was built to house th ...
in the Belgian Province of
Walloon Brabant
Walloon Brabant ( ; ; ) is a province located in Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the province of Flemish Brabant (Flemish Region) and the provinces of Liège, Namur and Hainaut. Walloon Br ...
. The official colours of the club are yellow and blue.
History
The club was founded in 1977 and played in the
Belgian Elite League
The Belgian Elite League is the top flight men's competition for rugby union in Belgium. It is classified as semi-professional.
Teams
As of the 2023/24 season The Elite League has ten teams:
* ASUB Waterloo
* Boitsfort RC
* Coq Mosan
* RC ...
until the 2011–12 season when they were relegated to the 2nd Division for the 2012/13 season. The club have not won any major trophies but were runners up in the 2003-04 edition of the
Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed ...
. Ottiginies reached the Championship playoffs in three years running between 2004–05 and 2006-07 but lost at the semi-final stage on each occasion.
Season by Season
See also
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Rugby union in Belgium
Rugby union in Belgium is a growing sport. The national governing body for rugby union in Belgium is the Belgian Rugby Federation. The national team plays in the Rugby Europe Championship, and as of March 2025 they are ranked twenty second i ...
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Belgian Elite League
The Belgian Elite League is the top flight men's competition for rugby union in Belgium. It is classified as semi-professional.
Teams
As of the 2023/24 season The Elite League has ten teams:
* ASUB Waterloo
* Boitsfort RC
* Coq Mosan
* RC ...
External links
Official site
{{Belgian Elite League
Rugby union clubs in Belgium