Geležinis vilkas
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Geležinis Vilkas | ||||||||||||||||||
Full name | RK Geležinis Vilkas | |||||||||||||||||
Founded | 1963 | |||||||||||||||||
Location | Vilnius, Lithuania | |||||||||||||||||
Ground(s) | Vingio parko regbio stadionas | |||||||||||||||||
Capacity | 350 | |||||||||||||||||
Coach | Vidmantas Valys | |||||||||||||||||
Captain | Kostas Kaušinis | |||||||||||||||||
League | Lietuvos Regbio Čempionatas, II Divizionas | |||||||||||||||||
2007 | 1st | |||||||||||||||||
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Official website | ||||||||||||||||||
gv-rugby.net/news.php | ||||||||||||||||||
Geležinis vilkas (lit. Iron Wolf) is a Lithuanian amateur rugby union club that are based in the city of Vilnius. In the 2007 season they won the second division of the Lietuvos Regbio Čempionatas and were promoted for the 2008 season.
The team died off in 2001 but has been revived in 2003 with the arrival of the present coach, Vidmantas Valys, and the club president, Marius Molotokas. Today, the club has a strong rugby school with two junior teams that are already able to inject players into the senior side. Donatas Banevičius is part of the young generation of Geležinis Vilkas players and has been included in the Lithuanian national team.