Brussels Celtic RFC

In the spring of 2014, preliminary talks took place between the officials of BBRFC and Brussels Celtic. The discussion centered on whether Brussels’ two foremost international rugby clubs could finally reach an agreement and form one cohesive international rugby club that would be an enticing, forward thinking, international rugby home for male, female, touch and junior rugby players of all standards in Belgium.

There had been several attempts to bring the two clubs together in the past but differences of opinion meant that talks were never conclusive. In June 2014 the members of BBRFC and BCRFC finally voted unanimously for the two clubs to merge.

• Belgian League Champions: 1985
• Belgian Cup Champions: 1972,1974,1982, finalist in 2005
• Dutch/Belgian ING Plate, finalist in 2005
• Belgian National Ladies Division 2 XV Champion 2018[2]

The men's, women's and touch squads contain a number of players who have represented their respective countries internationally. The Belgian national teams frequently draw current and former players from their ranks.

Of note, Crispin Maenpaa is regularly selected for the Finnish National team. Craig Dowsett, who currently plays for Old Albanian RFC and the Belgian National Rugby Union team, played for the BBRFC Rugby School as a junior.

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Neil Willoughby Hooker Ireland Omar Perez Hooker Venezuela Jonathan Piepers Prop Belgium Andrea Paggi Prop Italy Maximilian Siemens Prop Canada Steven Odding Prop Netherlands Pierre Sultana Lock France Conor Quinn Lock Ireland Henri de la Perraudière Lock France Antoine Delacotte Lock France Tanguy Remy Flanker France Béranger Bry Flanker France Julien Lalanne Flanker France Darragh Murphy Flanker Ireland Paul Moss-Bowpit Flanker England Yann Sterckx Number 8 Belgium Thomas Vendrell Number 8 France Elias Mehssatou Flanker Belgium Pierrick Malherbe Scrum-half Belgium Sacha Pukacz Scrum-half France

Player Position Union Benjamin Perdereau Fly-half France Panagiotis Spiliotis Fly-half Greece Gregory Donge Centre Belgium Hendrik Van Bastelaere Centre Belgium Sean Blundell Centre Ireland Crispin Maenpaa Centre Finland Gavin Strickland Wing Scotland Felix De Keijser Wing Belgium Victor Samyn Wing Belgium Rémi Chauvin Wing France Arthur Honton Fullback France Lucas Poprzen Fullback France Romain Hourtiguet Fullback France

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Akim Lauwers Hooker Belgium Corentin Delchevalerie Hooker Belgium Daniel Lopez Hooker Colombia Laurent Joly Hooker France Adrien Quina Prop Belgium Mustafa Hussain Prop Belgium Daniele Salaparuta Prop Italy Guillermo Ruiz Rabaneda Prop Spain David Menant Lock France Brecht de Bo Lock Belgium Ben Sterckx Lock Belgium Yuri Durodie Lock Belgium Fabrice I. Rumashana Lock Belgium Charles Daltroff Flanker France Santiago Salvagno Flanker Uruguay Amadeo Bosser Flanker Belgium Gabriele Salaparuta Flanker Italy Benjamin Baker Number 8 England

Player Position Union Thomas Mourey Scrum-half France Alex Debrabandere Scrum-half Belgium Javier Cejudo Fly-half Spain Thomas Wolters Fly-half Belgium Jean-Baptiste Bruchet Fly-half France Thomas Linget Fly-half France Victor Samyn Centre Belgium Graham Edwards Centre United States Fabian Kaisen Centre Germany Jonathan Prevost Wing France Piet Berghmans Wing Belgium Ilyas de Schryver Wing Belgium Tanguy Lotigie Wing France Erik Boman Fullback Sweden Mickael Tremege Fullback France