[1] Plans for the National Rugby Centre Amsterdam (NRCA) were formed by the NRB in the eighties and nineties as the increasing interest in rugby grew so strong that the old offices in Bussum became impracticable.

Candidates for a new national rugby center had included The Hague, Amersfoort and Amsterdam.

After much deliberation and some lobbying, the location at Sportpark De Eendracht was finally selected.

The complex was completed in 1997 and officially opened by the then Secretary of State for Sport Erica Terpstra.

[1] Besides the Dutch national team, the rugby clubs ASRV Ascrum and AAC play at the complex.