Rhodes Knights
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| Club information | |
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| Website | http://www.rkrfc.com/ |
| Colours |
Black White Red |
| Founded | 2010 |
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| CEO(s) | Dimitrios Sarantopoulos |
| Coach(s) | Michael Chatziioannou |
| Captain(s) | Michael Chatziioannou |
| Competition | Hellenic Rugby League Championship 1st Division |
| 2014-2015 | 1st |
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Rhodes Knights Rugby Club is an amateur Greek Rugby League club from Rhodes, Greece. Knights competed and finished undefeated in the first position of Hellenic Rugby League Federation's 1st Championship Division. They are Greek Rugby League Challenge Cup holders.
History
The club was founded in 2010 as a Rugby Union club. Their motto ″aut inveniam viam aut faciam″ became the spirit of the club upon its creation. Club's main goals are to play a leading role in the Greek league and in amateur sports in general.
Knights have participated in many social activities not restricted to the sport and thus aspire to familiarize people with Rugby. Also, their main objective is to restore the principles of fair play through sport and the promotion of Rhodes as an active and dynamic cultural center, open to stimuli received from the alternative sports tourism.
In 2012, Knights were joined by players of the Rhodes Colossi team and, by the provisional name of Rhodian Rugby Unity, were admitted in the Hellenic Rugby League Championship. In 2013, Knights won the Greek Rugby League 9's Championship and by 2014, they won, undefeated, the inaugural Hellenic Rugby League Championship.
The 2015 season found Rhodes Knights still strong in the field. By May 2015, despite dominating all of their opponents, the Federation's Disciplinary Committee have found Knights susceptible to a number of violations, which ultimately resulted in their demotion to second-to-last place of the Championship's points board. Under the threat of disbanding the Federation and within days of Hellenic Rugby League Championship's Final set date, Disciplinary Committee dismissed Knights for the majority of violations. But by then, Knights, along with Aris Petroupolis and Pegasus Neos Kosmos, had formally resigned from the Hellenic Rugby League Federation, as well as the 1st Division Championship, submitting a no confidence vote to the current Hellenic Rugby League Federation Board and demanding the resignation of the HRLF Board. Pegasus were declared Champions due to the inability of hosting a final game. Still, in May 2015, Knights hosted with the majority of Pegasus's team that had resigned the Greek Rugby League Challenge Cup. In May 30, 2015, Pegasus, under the name Neos Kosmos XIII were defeated by Rhodes Knights.
Colours
Club's jerseys have been mainly black, as were the colours of the Hospitaller Knights of Medieval Rhodes. Up until 2014, jerseys have had white Maltese crosses on their right main side and left shoulder aera. Shorts were black and white. Since 2014, the club is using black jerseys with a red and white "V" around the collar, with a white cross on the right arm, and black shorts.
Emblem
Since 2014, Rhodes Knights are using the red-detailed shield-shaped emblem displaying a Hospitaller knight, the characteristic white cross and year of establishment.
Players
Current squad
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Gallery
Rhodes Knights Rugby Club 2014-2015 squad.
Rhodes Knights players representing Greece's National Rugby League team in their European Championship Group C win.
2015 Greek Rugby League Challenge Cup Winners and Runners Up.