In 1988, after beating local rival DSV 1878 Hannover 12-9 in the final, the club took out its first national championship.

[6] The club's reserve side played in the 2nd Bundesliga in 2008-09, having joined up with SC Schwalbe to form SG Schwalbe/DRC Hannover II.

The reasons for the voluntary withdrawal was that DRC had, in its more successful days, neglected its youth program and had a number of players fail or were unable to appear for the opening match of the Bundesliga.

In the 2014–15 season, the club finished third in the north-east Liga-Pokal group, but was knocked out by Neckarsulmer SU in the first round of the play-offs after a 45–7 loss.

In the 2008–10 campaign, Danso appeared for the DRC and Germany again but left the club at the end of the 2008-09 season to join Heidelberger RK.

Semesa Rokoduguni, who played for DRC while stationed in Germany with the British Army made his debut for England in an international against New Zealand in November 2014.