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| Union | German Rugby Federation | |
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| Founded | 1878 (DSV) 1908 (SV 08) | |
| Location | Hannover, Germany | |
| Chairman |  Günter Küster (DSV)
Matthias Freitag (SV 08) | |
| Coach(es) | Sven Gabbei | |
| League(s) | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga | |
| 2008-09 | 1st  | |
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The DSV 78/08 Ricklingen was a German rugby union team from the Ricklingen suburb of Hannover, playing in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East in 2008-09. The team was an on-the-field union of DSV 78 Hannover and SV 1908 Ricklingen, two successful clubs in themselves. The two clubs continued to exist as separate entities.
In March 2009, the SV Ricklingen announced it would leave the union with the DSV 78 and not field a senior men's team in the future, instead concentrating on its youth program.[1] This left the DSV 78 to field its own side in the Rugby-Bundesliga 2009-10.
- ^ Spielgemeinschaft SG 1908 Ricklingen/DSV 1878 wird aufgelöst[permanent dead link] (in German) Rugby-Journal, accessed: 18 March 2009