It is part of a larger club, the FT Adler Kiel, which also offers other sports like volleyball, table tennis and handball.

Kiel rugby began in the 1930s, when the local shipyards workers and German Navy members, then called the Reichsmarine, formed the 1.

Kieler Rugby Fussball Verein, PSV Kiel and FT Adler.

Rugby in Kiel greatly benefited from a strong support through the British Army, which was stationed at Kiel-Holtenau.

[2] FT Adler took out the 2008 championship in the Regionalliga North but failed in the promotion round, losing on aggregate to RU Hohen Neuendorf.