After having formed an on-the-field union with DSV 78 Hannover from 2003 to 2009 instead of fielding an independent team, the club left this partnership at the end of the 2008–09 season.

Despite the loss of its long-time chairman Heinz Reinhotd in 1974, the club managed to win its third German championship that season.

Despite only finishing fourth in the Bundesliga North, the club managed to reach the German final once more in 1992 after defeating RG Heidelberg and DSV 78 in the knock-out stage.

After this forced relegation, the club lost a great number of players and was unable to return to former heights.

In the 2012–13 season, in the 2nd Bundesliga, the club finished in the upper half of the table and qualifyid for the play-offs for the DRV-Pokal.

The club advanced to the quarter finals of the play-offs where it lost to RC Aachen but nevertheless earned promotion to the Rugby-Bundesliga for the following season.