Rugby Club 't Gooi

Full name	Rugby Club 't Gooi
Union	Dutch Rugby Union
Founded	1933
Location	Naarden, the Netherlands
Ground(s)	Sportpark Naarden, Naarden (Capacity: 1,000)
Chairman	Erik Bosman
Coach(es)	Gareth Gilbert
League(s)	Ereklasse
Team kit
Official website
www.rugbyclub-gooi.nl

Rugby Club 't Gooi (pronounced [ˈt xɔi]) is a Dutch Rugby Union club located in the town of Naarden. Founded in 1933, it is one of the historical clubs of rugby in the Netherlands. The team currently competes in the Ereklasse, the highest tier of Rugby Nederland. Rugby Club 't Gooi plays at Sportpark Naarden, and their clubhouse, known as "de Poort," serves as a central hub for the team.

The club has a distinguished history, having won the Dutch Championship in the 1951/1952, 2008/2009, 2012/2013, 2017/2018 seasons and are the current Dutch champions having won the 2023/2024 season.^[1] With more than 350 members, the club's youth program is especially growing very fast.

Henk Kruissink and André Talboo, two young men from Bussum, marked a turning point in the history of rugby in the Netherlands when, in December 1932, they came back excited after watching a film about rugby union at the Tuschinski cinema in Amsterdam.

Although it is not known for sure which film it was, it is likely that they saw a summary of a match between the Springboks vs. England at Twickenham in 1932, which ended with a score of 7-0. Inspired by this film, they decided to create a rugby union team, leading to the foundation of Rugby Club 't Gooi.^[2]

• Hugo Langelaan
• Daniel Workel
• Huey van Vliet
• Jim Boelrijk
• Arno Macken
• Norbecio Mambo

• (in Dutch) Official site
• (in Dutch) History club site